I worked on a asp.net core 1.1 project a while ago and use in projetc AutoMapper.
in asp.net core 1.1, I add services.AddAutoMapper() in startup file :<
The official docs: https://automapper.readthedocs.io/en/latest/Dependency-injection.html#asp-net-core
You define the configuration using profiles. And then you let AutoMapper know in what assemblies are those profiles defined by calling the IServiceCollection extension method AddAutoMapper at startup:
services.AddAutoMapper(profileAssembly1, profileAssembly2 /*, ...*/);
or marker types:
services.AddAutoMapper(typeof(ProfileTypeFromAssembly1), typeof(ProfileTypeFromAssembly2) /*, ...*/);