Add ASP.NET MVC5 Identity Authentication to an existing APP

Ashish Rathi

I have created an application using ASP.NET MVC5 application using 4.7.2 .Net framework. but while creating the project I have selected "NO Authentication". Now I have added couple of pages where I would like to have authentication.

I know we can use Identity framework, but I am not able to add it to an existing MVC application. Can anyone have solution for this?

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Sanwar Ranwa7y ago
Accepted answer
Hello Ashish

Please check these Links

https://stackoverflow.com/questions/31960433/adding-asp-net-mvc5-identity-authentication-to-an-existing-project

https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/aspnet/identity/overview/getting-started/adding-aspnet-identity-to-an-empty-or-existing-web-forms-project

https://weblog.west-wind.com/posts/2015/Apr/29/Adding-minimal-OWIN-Identity-Authentication-to-an-Existing-ASPNET-MVC-Application
Jignesh Kumar7y ago
How did you resolve doing it again ?
Laxmidhar Sahoo7y ago
1. var user = new ApplicationUser() { UserName = "laxmi", Password = "laxmi1", Role = "admin" };
2. UserManager = new UserManager();
3. var result = await UserManager.CreateAsync(user, password);