ASP.NET Core MVC 2.0 Cookbook

How to do it...

Let's dive into the code:

1. First, create a new project by running the following scripts in Command Prompt / Terminal:

dotnet new web -n AspNetCoreIdentitySample 
dotnet restore 

2. Open Startup.cs file, and change the ConfigureServices() method, as follows:

public void ConfigureServices(IServiceCollection services) 
{ 
    services.AddDbContext<ApplicationDbContext>(options => options.UseSqlServer("Integrated Security=SSPI;Persist Security Info=False;Initial Catalog=AspNetCoreIdentitySample;Data Source=.")); 
 
    services.AddIdentity<ApplicationUser, IdentityRole>() 
            .AddEntityFrameworkStores<ApplicationDbContext>() 
            .AddDefaultTokenProviders(); 
 
    services.AddMvc(); 
} 

3. We set up the connection string and point that to our local database ...