I am trying to setup authentication using cookies but SignInAsync seems to not be working.
My sign method is, at the moment at least, like this:
[HttpPost] public async Task<IActionResult> Login(string username, string password) { if (username != "foo" || password != "bar") { return View(); } //Sign in var claims = new List<Claim> { new Claim("name", "admin") }; var userIdentity = new ClaimsIdentity(claims, "login"); ClaimsPrincipal principal = new ClaimsPrincipal(userIdentity); await HttpContext.SignInAsync(principal); //Redirect return RedirectToAction("home"); } Home is an action with Authorize attribute. If I provide the correct username and password, I can step over the SignInAsync call with no exception seemingly called. However, upon redirection, I end up back at the login page as I am still not logged in.
Startup.cs is listed below:
public class Startup { // This method gets called by the runtime. Use this method to add services to the container. // For more information on how to configure your application, visit https://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkID=398940 public void ConfigureServices(IServiceCollection services) { services.AddMvc(); services.AddAuthentication(CookieAuthenticationDefaults.AuthenticationScheme) .AddCookie(options => { options.LoginPath = "/admin/login/"; }); } // This method gets called by the runtime. Use this method to configure the HTTP request pipeline. public void Configure(IApplicationBuilder app, IHostingEnvironment env) { if (env.IsDevelopment()) { app.UseDeveloperExceptionPage(); } app.UseStaticFiles(); app.UseMvc(routes => { routes.MapRoute( name: "default", template: "{controller=home}/{action=index}/{id?}"); }); app.UseAuthentication(); } } What am I missing or how can I debug/get further information on what is going wrong?
