I have a .NET Core 3 project (recently upgraded from 2.2) that uses a Redis distributed cache and cookie authentication.
It currently looks something like this:
public void ConfigureServices(IServiceCollection services)
{
// Set up Redis distributed cache
services.AddStackExchangeRedisCache(...);
...
services.ConfigureApplicationCookie(options =>
{
...
// Get a service provider to get the distributed cache set up above
var cache = services.BuildServiceProvider().GetService<IDistributedCache>();
options.SessionStore = new MyCustomStore(cache, ...);
}):
}
The problem is that BuildServiceProvider()
causes a build error:
Startup.cs(...): warning ASP0000: Calling 'BuildServiceProvider' from application code results in an additional copy of singleton services being created. Consider alternatives such as dependency injecting services as parameters to 'Configure'.
This doesn't appear to be an option - ConfigureApplicationCookie
is in Startup.ConfigureServices
and can only configure new services, Startup.Configure
can use the new services, but can't override CookieAuthenticationOptions.SessionStore
to be my custom store.
I've tried adding services.AddSingleton<ITicketStore>(p => new MyCustomRedisStore(cache, ...))
before ConfigureApplicationCookie
, but this is ignored.
Explicitly setting CookieAuthenticationOptions.SessionStore
appears to be the only way to get it to use anything other than the local memory store.
Every example I've found online uses BuildServiceProvider()
;
Ideally I want to do something like:
services.ConfigureApplicationCookieStore(provider =>
{
var cache = provider.GetService<IDistributedCache>();
return new MyCustomStore(cache, ...);
});
Or
public void Configure(IApplicationBuilder app, ... IDistributedCache cache)
{
app.UseApplicationCookieStore(new MyCustomStore(cache, ...));
}
And then CookieAuthenticationOptions.SessionStore
should just use whatever I've configured there.
How do I make the application cookie use an injected store?
Reference Use DI services to configure options
If all the dependencies of your custom store are injectable, then just register your store and required dependencies with the service collection and use DI services to configure options
public void ConfigureServices(IServiceCollection services) {
// Set up Redis distributed cache
services.AddStackExchangeRedisCache(...);
//register my custom store
services.AddSingleton<ITicketStore, MyCustomRedisStore>();
//...
//Use DI services to configure options
services.AddOptions<CookieAuthenticationOptions>(IdentityConstants.ApplicationScheme)
.Configure<ITicketStore>((options, store) => {
options.SessionStore = store;
});
services.ConfigureApplicationCookie(options => {
//do nothing
}):
}
If not then work around what is actually registered
For example
//Use DI services to configure options
services.AddOptions<CookieAuthenticationOptions>(IdentityConstants.ApplicationScheme)
.Configure<IDistributedCache>((options, cache) => {
options.SessionStore = new MyCustomRedisStore(cache, ...);
});
Note:
ConfigureApplicationCookie
uses a named options instance. - @KirkLarkin
public static IServiceCollection ConfigureApplicationCookie(this IServiceCollection services, Action<CookieAuthenticationOptions> configure)
=> services.Configure(IdentityConstants.ApplicationScheme, configure);
The option would need to include the name when adding it to services.