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Zach Johanson
Zach Johanson

Reputation: 91

Adding Identity to an existing project

I've got an MVC project, and I want to add Identity to it, but I can't seem to find any good articles on how to do so.

Is there an easy way to add Identity to an existing project?

I already have a database with stuff in it

Upvotes: 8

Views: 12674

Answers (5)

UchiTesting
UchiTesting

Reputation: 159

I'm getting back there because I ran into this situation some time back and applied solutions from here. In the meantime I found something simpler. VS has you covered to actually scaffold the files.

Right-click the project ► Add ► New Scaffolded Item...

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Then in the new dialog, select Identity and click Add.

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On the next screen you'll be given a list of items to check. You don't need to but you can import all of them if you want. It will ask for the data context but there's not in my case. In yours it should be already filled.

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Click Add, you're done.

Upvotes: 1

Mohammad Fahmawi
Mohammad Fahmawi

Reputation: 195

I think the easiest way to do that is to do the following steps:

  • Install All Identity Packages from nugets to your existing MVC project.

  • Create New MVC Project and choose Authentication type: Individual Authentication.

  • Copy IdentityModels.cs and all related files including (controllers, views and IdentityConfig) from New project to an existing MVC project.

  • Add migration to create required tables on database.

Upvotes: 1

IndieTech Solutions
IndieTech Solutions

Reputation: 2539

I will echo what Chris said. there is no "easy way" . here is a video link featuring Scott Allen (a pioneer in web dev (Video link)

You can check his other videos as well

Upvotes: 1

daustinash
daustinash

Reputation: 484

Here's a tutorial that I followed for adding ASP.Net Identity to an existing project. It's up to date and from a reputed source at the asp.net/identity site.

Upvotes: 4

Chris Pratt
Chris Pratt

Reputation: 239460

Well, in one respect, you simply have to add the Nuget package and start writing code with it, but I think you're probably talking about all the extras: the pre-written code and samples for doing things like password resets, two-factor auth, etc.

For that, no, there's not really an easy way, at least in the sense of click a button and go. What I would recommend is creating a new MVC 5 project with Individual Auth, and then adding the Identity Samples Nuget package to it. Then, open your existing project in another Visual Studio window and copy/paste or use the sample code as a guide for writing your own.

Upvotes: 9

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