Windows authentication in asp.net 5

Question

I am building an intranet application in ASP .NET 5, MVC 6. I want to know how to enable Windows Authentication.? The default project template supports only Individual User

Answer 1

Mark's answer is still valid in ASP.Net RC1. There are some additional steps to tie it all together (I don't have enough reputation to comment on his solution):

1. Install WebListener from NuGet

2. Add the following usings to Startcup.cs:

   using Microsoft.AspNet.Http.Features;
   using Microsoft.Net.Http.Server;
   

3. Add Mark's code snippet in the Configure method before app.UseMvc:

   // If we're self-hosting, enable integrated authentication (if we're using
   // IIS, this will be done at the IIS configuration level).
   var listener = app.ServerFeatures.Get();
   if (listener != null)
   {
       listener.AuthenticationManager.AuthenticationSchemes = 
       AuthenticationSchemes.NTLM;
   }
   

4. To debug this, you need to add the WebListener run target in project.json, as Mark noted in a different answer:

   "commands": {
     "weblistener": "Microsoft.AspNet.Server.WebListener --config hosting.ini",
     "web": "Microsoft.AspNet.Server.Kestrel"
   },
   

5. Pick weblistener instead of IIS Express of web (Kestrel) to debug your application.