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2. Using anonymous types and tuples to attach correlation IDs to scope state with Serilog and Seq in ASP.NET Core

   In this post I describe two extension methods that make logging scopes as key-value pairs nicer in ASP.NET Core, by using anonymous types and tuples.…

   September 26, 2017 in ASP.NET Core ASP.NET Core 2.0 Logging C#
3. The SDK 'Microsoft.Net.Sdk.Web' specified could not be found

   This article describes how to fix "The SDK 'Microsoft.Net.Sdk.Web' specified could not be found" when creating ASP.NET Core 2.0 projects in VS 2017 15.3.…

   August 15, 2017 in ASP.NET Core ASP.NET Core 2.0 Visual Studio Issues
4. Sharing appsettings.json configuration files between projects in ASP.NET Core

   In this post I show how you can extract common settings to a shared JSON file and how to configure your projects to use them locally and after publishing…

   February 06, 2018 in ASP.NET Core 2.0 Configuration ASP.NET Core
5. Migrating passwords in ASP.NET Core Identity with a custom PasswordHasher

   In this post I create a custom IPasswordHasher<> implementation that can be used in ASP.NET Core Identity to support other hashing formats, such as BCrypt.…

   October 26, 2017 in ASP.NET Core ASP.NET Core 2.0 ASP.NET Core Identity Security
6. How to include scopes when logging exceptions in ASP.NET Core

   In this post I introduce the concept of scopes in ASP.NET Core, how exceptions can cause you to lose a scope, and how to get round this using a neat trick.…

   September 12, 2017 in ASP.NET Core 2.0 ASP.NET Core Logging
7. Creating and trusting a self-signed certificate on Linux for use in Kestrel and ASP.NET Core

   In this post I show how to create a self-signed certificate on Linux. I show how you can trust the certificate, and how to configure Kestrel to use it.…

   October 03, 2017 in ASP.NET Core ASP.NET Core 2.0 Security