Requirements

At its core, Login service is a full-stack .NET Core 6.0 MVC web application including a RESTful API for HTTP calls.

Therefore, it is required that you download the latest .NET Core 6.0 SDK, and update your Visual Studio to 2022 version.

The easiest way to install all required packages is via Visual Studio Installer

On Visual Studio 2022:

  1. Modify

vs22

  1. Workloads

  2. Web & Cloud

    1. Select ASP.NET and web development

    2. Select Azure development

    3. Select Node.js development

  3. Desktop & Mobile

    1. Select .NET desktop development

requirements

Important

The Cloud Service Run under .NET 6.0, so it is required to have the latest .NET 6.0 Runtime installed. You can download it from here.

OR

You can install it directly via Visual Studio Installer.

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Additionally, the service itself has a series of 3rd party open-source dependencies that you can install through the NuGet Package Manager through Visual Studio.

Package

Description

IdentityServer4

IdentityServer4 is responsible for OpenIDConnect and OAuth2 support, as well as identity management.

MailKit

MailKit is responsible for the EmailService. In other words, you can configure it to send emails to your clients such as Account Confirmation, or Reset Password functionalities.

EF Core

EF Core is Microsoft’s object-relational mapper, particularly useful to work with databases and treat them as .NET Objects.

ASP.NET Core Identity

ASP.NET Core Identity is Microsoft’s user management package that enables user management, role, claims, tokens and everything user-related as well as a lot of out-of-the-box functionalities.

Note

Important

Visual Studio will automatically install all required NuGet packages when you install the above components.

If in some case the NuGet packages are not installed, you can install them manually by following the steps below:

  1. Right click on the Solution in the Solution Explorer and select Restore NuGet Packages

  2. Right click on the Solution in the Solution Explorer and select Manage NuGet Packages for Solution…. Then, you can install them one-by-one via GUI.