Migrate WSE 2.0 web services from Windows 2003 to Windows 2008 R2?

Question

Just wondering if it is possible to migrate WSE 2.0 web services (.asmx) from a Windows 2003 server to a Windows 2008 R2 server (IIS 7)? A further complication is that the services uses x509 certificates for security purposes.

I have copied the services from a Windows 2003 server onto the Windows 2008 R2 server, created them as web applications through IIS 7, and they show up in their URLs just fine. However when I call the services via SOAP I get SOAP header exceptions:

System.Web.Services.Protocols.SoapException: 
System.Web.Services.Protocols.SoapHeaderException: 
SOAP header Security was not understood.
at System.Web.Services.Protocols.SoapHeaderHandling.SetHeaderMembers(
SoapHeaderCollection headers, Object target, SoapHeaderMapping[] mappings, 
SoapHeaderDirection direction, Boolean 
client)
at System.Web.Services.Protocols.SoapServerProtocol.CreateServerInstance()
at System.Web.Services.Protocols.WebServiceHandler.Invoke()
at System.Web.Services.Protocols.WebServiceHandler.CoreProcessRequest()
at Microsoft.Web.Services2.Messaging.SoapClient.SendRequestResponse(
String methodname, SoapEnvelope envelope)
at RawSoapCaller.RawSoapCall.getRawSoapResponseText() in 
C:\Data\ISHS\metadata_framework\RawSoapCaller\RawSoapCaller\RawSoapCall.cs:line 59

Can anyone help me figure out if what I am doing is possible, and if so, what might be my problem here? Or what alternative approaches I might take to migrate the WSE 2.0 services from Windows 2003 to Windows 2008?

Answer 1

Sounds like you haven't properly transferred your certificates.

Try here: http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms824840.aspx