AspNet.Identity.LiteDB

This library was constructed based on the MongoDB.AspNet.Identity.

ASP.NET Identity provider that users LiteDB for storage

Purpose

ASP.NET MVC 5 shipped with a new Identity system (in the Microsoft.AspNet.Identity.Core package) in order to support both local login and remote logins via OpenID/OAuth, but only ships with an Entity Framework provider (Microsoft.AspNet.Identity.EntityFramework).

News

Features

• Drop-in replacement ASP.NET Identity with LiteDB as the backing store.
• Requires only 1 LiteDb document type, while EntityFramework requires 5 tables
• Contains the same IdentityUser class used by the EntityFramework provider in the MVC 5 project template.
• Supports additional profile properties on your application's user model.
• Provides UserStore implementation that implements the same interfaces as the EntityFramework version:
  • IUserStore
  • IUserLoginStore
  • IUserRoleStore
  • IUserClaimStore
  • IUserPasswordStore
  • IUserSecurityStampStore

Instructions

These instructions assume you know how to set up LiteDB within an MVC application.

1. Create a new ASP.NET MVC 5 project, choosing the Individual User Accounts authentication type.
2. Remove the Entity Framework packages and replace with LiteDB Identity:

Uninstall-Package Microsoft.AspNet.Identity.EntityFramework
Uninstall-Package EntityFramework
Install-Package LiteDB.AspNet.Identity

3. In ~/Models/IdentityModels.cs:
   • Remove the namespace: Microsoft.AspNet.Identity.EntityFramework
   • Add the namespace: AspNet.Identity.LiteDB
   • Remove the ApplicationDbContext class completely.
4. In ~/Controllers/AccountController.cs
   • Remove the namespace: Microsoft.AspNet.Identity.EntityFramework
   • Add the connection string name to the constructor of the UserStore. Or empty constructor will use DefaultConnection

public AccountController()
{
    this.UserManager = new UserManager<ApplicationUser>(
        new UserStore<ApplicationUser>("myDb.data");
    // OR 
    this.UserManager = new UserManager<ApplicationUser>(
        new UserStore<ApplicationUser>("DefaultConnection");
}

Connection Strings

The UserStore has multiple constructors for handling connection strings. Here are some examples of the expected inputs and where the connection string should be located.

1. SQL Style

UserStore(string connectionNameOrPath)

UserStore("LiteDBUsers")

web.config

<add name="LiteDBUsers" connectionString="{YourDataBaseFile}" />

OR

UserStore(string connectionNameOrPath)

UserStore("{YourDataBaseFile}")

Thanks To

Special thanks to MaxiomTech InspectorIT project gave me the base for jumpstarting the LiteDB provider