AspNetCore.Identity.Stores.AzureStorageAccount 1.0.0

Azure Storage Account

This is how to use Azure storage account as storage for ASP.NET identity.

1. Create a new ASP.NET Core Web App

2. From Additional information dialog select authentication type Individual Accounts

3. Install AspNetCore.Identity.Stores.AzureStorageAccount package from NuGet manager.

4. In Startup.cs replace the code inside ConfigureServices method with the folowing code

   using AspNetCore.Identity.Stores;
   using AspNetCore.Identity.Stores.AzureStorageAccount.Extensions;
   

   //Adds data protection services, needed to protect the identity personal data
   services.AddDataProtection();
   
   //Configure identity repository connection
   services.Configure<IdentityStoresOptions>(options => options
       .UseAzureStorageAccount(Configuration.GetConnectionString("DefaultConnection")));
   
   services.AddDefaultIdentity<IdentityUser>(options => options.SignIn.RequireConfirmedAccount = true)
       .AddRoles<IdentityRole>()
       .AddAzureStorageAccountStores(); //Add Identity stores
   
   services.AddRazorPages();
   

5. In appsettings.json update DefaultConnection with Azure Storage Account connection string

   NOTE: For local development you may use "UseDevelopmentStorage=true" as connection string to connect to Azure storage emulator.

Configuration

As shown in the code snippet from point 4, IdentityStoresOptions has an extension method UseAzureStorageAccount to configure the connection and it has 2 parameters:

• connectionString: To specify the connection string of CosmosDB instance.
• tableName (optinal): To specify the table which will be used, the default value is AspNetIdentity

Note: If the specified table not exists, it will get created on startup.

See more:

• Example
• Other storage providers