authenticating-an-aspnet-core-5-web-application-using-identityserver-5

Authenticating an ASP.NET Core 5 Web Application using IdentityServer 5

Getting Started

1. Generate a self-signed certificate.

   openssl req -x509 -newkey rsa:4096 -keyout localhost.key -out localhost.crt -subj "/CN=localhost" -addext "subjectAltName=DNS:localhost,DNS:api,DNS:identityserver,DNS:webapplication"

   openssl pkcs12 -export -in localhost.crt -inkey localhost.key -out localhost.pfx -name "Authenticating an ASP.NET Core 5 Web Application using IdentityServer 5"

2. Import the self-signed certificate.

   certutil -f -user -importpfx Root localhost.pfx

3. Add the lines below to the hosts file.

   127.0.0.1 api
   127.0.0.1 identityserver
   127.0.0.1 webapplication
   

4. Start the applications.

   docker compose up --build

5. Open the API page.
6. Enter the Username "[email protected]".
7. Enter the Password "Pass123$".
8. Click the Login button.