I recently upgraded a project from NET 4.8 to NET 6, and the most interesting parts were Autofac to MS DI, Auth, and the Windows Service.
It went fairly well!
We’ll just Straightforward changes:
IHttpActionResult, moved to explicit return types)Microsoft.Data.SqlClient vs System.Data.SqlClient)Microsoft.Data.SqlClient. Autocompletion sometimes picks the old one…This was perhaps the most time consuming part of the migration. Autofac was pervasive in the old codebase. Very handy at the time, I’m sure, but I couldn’t get it working in Net6. It’s supported, but I couldn’t get my head around it.
Besides, I wanted to play with the Microsoft solution.
Aside from the standard injection and registration, the only main change is for registering the generics for mediator queries.
The following method finds closed generic implementations based on a name and registers it as Transient
(usage is: services.RegisterMultiple(nameof(IQueryExecutor)) and it finds public class DoThingExecutor : IQueryExecutor<DoThingQuery>)
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private static void RegisterMultiple(this IServiceCollection builder, string name)
{
var apiTypes = typeof(Program)
.GetTypeInfo()
.Assembly
.GetTypes();
var domainTypes = typeof(IQueryExecutor) // Just for assembly
.GetTypeInfo()
.Assembly
.GetTypes();
var queryHandlers = apiTypes.Concat(domainTypes)
.Where(x => !x.IsGenericType)
.Where(x => x.GetInterfaces().Any(t => t.Name.StartsWith(name)))
.Select(x => new { Type = x, Generic = x.GetInterfaces().FirstOrDefault() })
.Where(x => x is not null);
foreach (var handler in queryHandlers)
{
builder.AddTransient(handler.Generic, handler.Type);
}
}private static void RegisterMultiple(this IServiceCollection builder, string name)
{
var apiTypes = typeof(Program)
.GetTypeInfo()
.Assembly
.GetTypes();
var domainTypes = typeof(IQueryExecutor) // Just for assembly
.GetTypeInfo()
.Assembly
.GetTypes();
var queryHandlers = apiTypes.Concat(domainTypes)
.Where(x => !x.IsGenericType)
.Where(x => x.GetInterfaces().Any(t => t.Name.StartsWith(name)))
.Select(x => new { Type = x, Generic = x.GetInterfaces().FirstOrDefault() })
.Where(x => x is not null);
foreach (var handler in queryHandlers)
{
builder.AddTransient(handler.Generic, handler.Type);
}
}The hardest part was, as expected, the authentication. Not necessarily because I had to make so many changes, but because I found the documentation opaque and hard to understand.
There’s a lot of “I thought this should work, but it doesn’t”.
My difficulties were exacerbated by my not especially great understanding of authentication and authorisation in the first place, but the docs didn’t help as much as expected.
The original solution implemented IAuthenticationHandler and implement it directly, but I figured I’d be able to:
services.AddAuthentication(config => config.DefaultScheme = "myscheme").AddCookie(config => <some lambda for validation>)but no, that’s not how it works.
I ended up reusing the original handler, changing some types (mostly service resolution), I ended up with this:
Original
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public class MyAuthHandler : IAuthenticationHandler
{
public Task<AuthenticateResult> AuthenticateAsync()
{
var sessionStore = context.OwinContext.GetAutofacLifetimeScope().Resolve<ICurrentSessionStore>();
var validationResult = await sessionStore.Validate();
if (validationResult.Succeeded)
{
var ticket = new AuthenticationTicket(
new ClaimsIdentity(new[] { new Claim(ClaimTypes.Email, validationResult.UserEmail) }, "Bearer"),
new AuthenticationProperties());
context.SetTicket(ticket);
}
var session = SessionCookieHelper.GetFromCookie(context.OwinContext);
if (session != null)
{
var sessionStore = context.OwinContext
.GetAutofacLifetimeScope().Resolve<ICurrentSessionStore>();
sessionStore.Set(session);
context.Token = session.AccessToken;
}
}
public Task ChallengeAsync(AuthenticationProperties properties)
{
throw new System.NotImplementedException();
}
public Task ForbidAsync(AuthenticationProperties properties)
{
throw new System.NotImplementedException();
}
public Task InitializeAsync(AuthenticationScheme scheme, HttpContext context)
{
throw new System.NotImplementedException();
}
}
public static class AuthConfig
{
public static void ConfigureAuth(this IAppBuilder app)
{
app.UseOAuthBearerAuthentication(new OAuthBearerAuthenticationOptions
{
Provider = new OAuthBearerAuthenticationProvider
{
OnRequestToken = context =>
{
var session = SessionCookieHelper.GetFromCookie(context.OwinContext);
if (session != null)
{
var sessionStore = context.OwinContext
.GetAutofacLifetimeScope().Resolve<ICurrentSessionStore>();
sessionStore.Set(session);
context.Token = session.AccessToken;
}
return Task.CompletedTask;
}
},
AccessTokenProvider = new MyTokenProvider(),
});
}
}public class MyAuthHandler : IAuthenticationHandler
{
public Task<AuthenticateResult> AuthenticateAsync()
{
var sessionStore = context.OwinContext.GetAutofacLifetimeScope().Resolve<ICurrentSessionStore>();
var validationResult = await sessionStore.Validate();
if (validationResult.Succeeded)
{
var ticket = new AuthenticationTicket(
new ClaimsIdentity(new[] { new Claim(ClaimTypes.Email, validationResult.UserEmail) }, "Bearer"),
new AuthenticationProperties());
context.SetTicket(ticket);
}
var session = SessionCookieHelper.GetFromCookie(context.OwinContext);
if (session != null)
{
var sessionStore = context.OwinContext
.GetAutofacLifetimeScope().Resolve<ICurrentSessionStore>();
sessionStore.Set(session);
context.Token = session.AccessToken;
}
}
public Task ChallengeAsync(AuthenticationProperties properties)
{
throw new System.NotImplementedException();
}
public Task ForbidAsync(AuthenticationProperties properties)
{
throw new System.NotImplementedException();
}
public Task InitializeAsync(AuthenticationScheme scheme, HttpContext context)
{
throw new System.NotImplementedException();
}
}
public static class AuthConfig
{
public static void ConfigureAuth(this IAppBuilder app)
{
app.UseOAuthBearerAuthentication(new OAuthBearerAuthenticationOptions
{
Provider = new OAuthBearerAuthenticationProvider
{
OnRequestToken = context =>
{
var session = SessionCookieHelper.GetFromCookie(context.OwinContext);
if (session != null)
{
var sessionStore = context.OwinContext
.GetAutofacLifetimeScope().Resolve<ICurrentSessionStore>();
sessionStore.Set(session);
context.Token = session.AccessToken;
}
return Task.CompletedTask;
}
},
AccessTokenProvider = new MyTokenProvider(),
});
}
}net 6
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public class MyAuthSchemeOptions : AuthenticationSchemeOptions
{
public const string MyAuthScheme = "MyAuthScheme";
}
public class MyAuthHandler : AuthenticationHandler<MyAuthSchemeOptions>
{
public MyAuthHandler(IOptionsMonitor<MyAuthSchemeOptions> options, ILoggerFactory logger, UrlEncoder encoder, ISystemClock clock) : base(options, logger, encoder, clock)
{
}
protected override async Task<AuthenticateResult> HandleAuthenticateAsync()
{
var session = SessionCookieHelper.GetFromCookie(Request.Cookies);
// This is a custom thing we're doing, that is almost certainly not required, but I don't have time to fix it
var sessionStore = Context.RequestServices.GetRequiredService<ICurrentSessionStore>();
sessionStore.Set(session);
var validationResult = await sessionStore.Validate();
if (validationResult.Succeeded)
{
var claimsIdentity = new ClaimsIdentity(new[] { new Claim(ClaimTypes.Email, validationResult.UserEmail) }, "Bearer");
var ticket = new AuthenticationTicket(new ClaimsPrincipal(claimsIdentity), this.Scheme.Name);
return AuthenticateResult.Success(ticket);
}
else
{
return AuthenticateResult.Fail("Error during auth");
}
}
}public class MyAuthSchemeOptions : AuthenticationSchemeOptions
{
public const string MyAuthScheme = "MyAuthScheme";
}
public class MyAuthHandler : AuthenticationHandler<MyAuthSchemeOptions>
{
public MyAuthHandler(IOptionsMonitor<MyAuthSchemeOptions> options, ILoggerFactory logger, UrlEncoder encoder, ISystemClock clock) : base(options, logger, encoder, clock)
{
}
protected override async Task<AuthenticateResult> HandleAuthenticateAsync()
{
var session = SessionCookieHelper.GetFromCookie(Request.Cookies);
// This is a custom thing we're doing, that is almost certainly not required, but I don't have time to fix it
var sessionStore = Context.RequestServices.GetRequiredService<ICurrentSessionStore>();
sessionStore.Set(session);
var validationResult = await sessionStore.Validate();
if (validationResult.Succeeded)
{
var claimsIdentity = new ClaimsIdentity(new[] { new Claim(ClaimTypes.Email, validationResult.UserEmail) }, "Bearer");
var ticket = new AuthenticationTicket(new ClaimsPrincipal(claimsIdentity), this.Scheme.Name);
return AuthenticateResult.Success(ticket);
}
else
{
return AuthenticateResult.Fail("Error during auth");
}
}
}I have a primary authorisation policy, and a couple of others for single endpoint policies for third parties.
I wanted to have the primary policy used by default unless something more specific is applied by attribute.
Apparently, the DefaultPolicy is the base policy that all others build off, not the one to use if all others fail.
What I wanted was actually the FallbackPolicy.
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services.AddAuthentication(d => d.DefaultScheme = MyAuthSchemeOptions.MyAuthScheme)
.AddScheme<MyAuthSchemeOptions, MyAuthHander>(MyAuthSchemeOptions.MyAuthScheme, opts => { })
.AddScheme<OtherSchemeOptions, OtherSchemeHandler>(OtherSchemeOptions.OtherScheme, opts => { })
.AddScheme<AnotherSchemeOptions, AnotherSchemeHandler>(AnotherSchemeOptions.AnotherScheme, opts => { });
services.AddAuthorization(x =>
{
x.AddPolicy(OtherSchemeOptions.OtherScheme, policy =>
{
policy.AuthenticationSchemes.Add(OtherSchemeOptions.OtherScheme);
policy.RequireAuthenticatedUser();
});
x.AddPolicy(AnotherSchemeOptions.AnotherScheme, policy =>
{
policy.AuthenticationSchemes.Add(AnotherSchemeOptions.AnotherScheme);
policy.RequireAuthenticatedUser();
});
// Fallback here is what I think of as default.
// It turns out "defaultPolicy" is applied across the board and added to, not overridden.
x.FallbackPolicy = new AuthorizationPolicyBuilder(MyAuthSchemeOptions.MyAuthScheme)
.RequireAuthenticatedUser()
.AddRequirements(new SomeRequirement())
.Build();
});services.AddAuthentication(d => d.DefaultScheme = MyAuthSchemeOptions.MyAuthScheme)
.AddScheme<MyAuthSchemeOptions, MyAuthHander>(MyAuthSchemeOptions.MyAuthScheme, opts => { })
.AddScheme<OtherSchemeOptions, OtherSchemeHandler>(OtherSchemeOptions.OtherScheme, opts => { })
.AddScheme<AnotherSchemeOptions, AnotherSchemeHandler>(AnotherSchemeOptions.AnotherScheme, opts => { });
services.AddAuthorization(x =>
{
x.AddPolicy(OtherSchemeOptions.OtherScheme, policy =>
{
policy.AuthenticationSchemes.Add(OtherSchemeOptions.OtherScheme);
policy.RequireAuthenticatedUser();
});
x.AddPolicy(AnotherSchemeOptions.AnotherScheme, policy =>
{
policy.AuthenticationSchemes.Add(AnotherSchemeOptions.AnotherScheme);
policy.RequireAuthenticatedUser();
});
// Fallback here is what I think of as default.
// It turns out "defaultPolicy" is applied across the board and added to, not overridden.
x.FallbackPolicy = new AuthorizationPolicyBuilder(MyAuthSchemeOptions.MyAuthScheme)
.RequireAuthenticatedUser()
.AddRequirements(new SomeRequirement())
.Build();
});In retrospect, it does somewhat makes sense, but I was confused and quite annoyed for having spent so much debugging time on it.
Essentially, I just had to:
.UseWindowsService() at the end of the IHostBuilder just before the .Build()var host = Host.CreateDefaultBuilder(args)
// Other configuration and setup
.UseWindowsService()
.Build();
host.Run();The Release Pipeline also required changes from Topshelf installs to:
Uninstall Old Service
sc stop "$(Application)"
timeout /t 5 /nobreak > NUL
sc delete "$(Application)"Install New Service
sc create "$(Application)" binPath=$(BackgroundServicePath)/BackgroundTasks.exe
sc config "$(Application)" start=auto obj=$(ServerAdminUsername) password=$(ServerAdminPassword)
sc start "$(Application)"All in all, the migration went well, but it did take quite a while.
The changes in NET 6 allowed me to delete whole swaths of code, and simplify the auth, which was nice.
85 files deleted :)
