ASP.NET Core Identity & Cookies

Question

I have an ASP.NET Core site using AspNetCore.Identity.EntityFrameworkCore 1.1.1 and cookies to authorize/authenticate my users. No matter what I choose as my setting in the

Answer 1

You do not need a separate CookieAuthentication middleware when you are using ASPNET identity. UseIdentity() will do that for you and generate a cookie. You can set the "cookie options" in the AddIdentity block of the application like so:

     services.AddIdentity(config =>
            {
                //  Require a confirmed email in order to log in
                config.SignIn.RequireConfirmedEmail = true;

               // Your Cookie settings
              config.Cookies.ApplicationCookie.ExpireTimeSpan = TimeSpan.FromDays(1);
              config.Cookies.ApplicationCookie.LoginPath = "/Account/LogIn";
              config.Cookies.ApplicationCookie.LogoutPath = "/Account/LogOut";
            }).AddEntityFrameworkStores

Also, take a look at https://stackoverflow.com/a/34981457/1137785, it gives a background of this sort of a scenario with a very good explanation.