How override ASP.NET Core Identity's password policy

Question

By default, ASP.NET Core Identity's password policy require at least one special character, one uppercase letter, one number, ...

How can I change this restrictions ?

There is nothing about that in the documentation (https://docs.asp.net/en/latest/security/authentication/identity.html)

I try to override the Identity's User Manager but I don't see which method manages the password policy.

public class ApplicationUserManager : UserManager<ApplicationUser>
{
    public ApplicationUserManager(
        DbContextOptions<SecurityDbContext> options,
        IServiceProvider services,
        IHttpContextAccessor contextAccessor,
        ILogger<UserManager<ApplicationUser>> logger)
        : base(
              new UserStore<ApplicationUser>(new SecurityDbContext(contextAccessor)),
              new CustomOptions(),
              new PasswordHasher<ApplicationUser>(),
              new UserValidator<ApplicationUser>[] { new UserValidator<ApplicationUser>() },
              new PasswordValidator[] { new PasswordValidator() },
              new UpperInvariantLookupNormalizer(),
              new IdentityErrorDescriber(),
              services,
              logger
            // , contextAccessor
              )
    {
    }

    public class PasswordValidator : IPasswordValidator<ApplicationUser>
    {
        public Task<IdentityResult> ValidateAsync(UserManager<ApplicationUser> manager, ApplicationUser user, string password)
        {
            return Task.Run(() =>
            {
                if (password.Length >= 4) return IdentityResult.Success;
                else { return IdentityResult.Failed(new IdentityError { Code = "SHORTPASSWORD", Description = "Password too short" }); }
            });
        }
    }

    public class CustomOptions : IOptions<IdentityOptions>
    {
        public IdentityOptions Value { get; private set; }
        public CustomOptions()
        {
            Value = new IdentityOptions
            {
                ClaimsIdentity = new ClaimsIdentityOptions(),
                Cookies = new IdentityCookieOptions(),
                Lockout = new LockoutOptions(),
                Password = null,
                User = new UserOptions(),
                SignIn = new SignInOptions(),
                Tokens = new TokenOptions()
            };
        }
    }
}

I add this user manager dependency in startup's class :

services.AddScoped<ApplicationUserManager>();

But when I'm using ApplicationUserManager in controllers, I have the error : An unhandled exception occurred while processing the request.

InvalidOperationException: Unable to resolve service for type 'Microsoft.EntityFrameworkCore.DbContextOptions`1[SecurityDbContext]' while attempting to activate 'ApplicationUserManager'.

EDIT: User's management works when I use the ASP.NET Core Identity's default classes, so it's not a database problem, or something like this

EDIT 2 : I found the solution, you have just to configure Identity in the startup's class. My answer gives some details.

Answer 1

It's sooooo simple in the end ...

No need to override any class, you have just to configure the identity settings in your startup class, like this :

services.Configure<IdentityOptions>(options =>
{
    options.Password.RequireDigit = false;
    options.Password.RequiredLength = 5;
    options.Password.RequireLowercase = true;
    options.Password.RequireNonLetterOrDigit = true;
    options.Password.RequireUppercase = false;
});

Or you can configure identity when you add it :

services.AddIdentity<ApplicationUser, IdentityRole>(options=> {
                options.Password.RequireDigit = false;
                options.Password.RequiredLength = 4;
                options.Password.RequireNonAlphanumeric = false;
                options.Password.RequireUppercase = false;
                options.Password.RequireLowercase = false;
            })
                .AddEntityFrameworkStores<SecurityDbContext>()
                .AddDefaultTokenProviders();

AS.NET Core is definitively good stuff ...

Answer 2

You can modify these rules in IdentityConfig.cs file. The rules are defined in

public static ApplicationUserManager Create(IdentityFactoryOptions<ApplicationUserManager> options, IOwinContext context)
{
    var manager = new ApplicationUserManager(new UserStore<ApplicationUser>(context.Get<ApplicationDbContext>()));
    // Configure validation logic for usernames
    manager.UserValidator = new UserValidator<ApplicationUser>(manager)
    {
        AllowOnlyAlphanumericUserNames = false,
        RequireUniqueEmail = true
    };

    // Configure validation logic for passwords
    manager.PasswordValidator = new PasswordValidator
    {
        RequiredLength = 5,
        RequireNonLetterOrDigit = false,
        RequireDigit = true,
        RequireLowercase = true,
        RequireUppercase = true,
    };
}