Tag Archives: .NET
Using ASP.NET Core with Azure Key Vault
This article looks at setting up an ASP.NET Core application to use Azure Key Vault. When deployed to Azure, it works like in the Azure documentation but when working on development PCs, some changes are required for a smooth developer experience. Code: https://github.com/damienbod/UsingAzureKeyVaultInDevelopment I develop using Visual Studio and manage multiple accounts and test environments. […]
ASP.NET Core BFF using OpenID Connect and Vue.js
This article shows how to implement a secure web application using Vue.js and ASP.NET Core. The web application implements the backend for frontend security architecture (BFF) and deploys both technical stacks as one web application. HTTP only secure cookies are used to persist the session. OpenIddict is used as the identity provider and the token […]
Implement security headers for an ASP.NET Core API supporting OpenAPI Swagger UI
This article shows how to implement security headers for an application supporting an API and a swagger UI created from a open API in .NET 9. The security headers are implemented using the NetEscapades.AspNetCore.SecurityHeaders Nuget packages from Andrew Lock. Code: https://github.com/damienbod/WebApiOpenApi Deploying a web application which supports both an API and a UI have different […]
Implement a Geo-distance search using .NET Aspire, Elasticsearch and ASP.NET Core
This article shows how to implement a geo location search in an ASP.NET Core application using a LeafletJs map. The selected location can be used to find the nearest location with an Elasticsearch Geo-distance query. The Elasticsearch container and the ASP.NET Core UI application are setup for development using .NET Aspire. Code: https://github.com/damienbod/WebGeoElasticsearch Setup For […]
Using Elasticsearch with .NET Aspire
This post shows how to use Elasticsearch in .NET Aspire. Elasticsearch is setup to use HTTPS with the dotnet developer certificates and and simple client can be implemented to query the data. Code: https://github.com/damienbod/keycloak-backchannel Setup Two services are setup to run in .NET Aspire. The first service is the official Elasticsearch docker container and deployed […]
Implement ASP.NET Core OpenID Connect OAuth PAR client with Keycloak using .NET Aspire
This post shows how to implement an ASP.NET Core application which uses OpenID Connect and OAuth PAR for authentication. The client application uses Keycloak as the identity provider. The Keycloak application is hosted in a docker container. The applications are run locally using .NET Aspire. This makes it really easy to develop using containers. Code: […]
Add a Swagger UI using a .NET 9 Json OpenAPI file
This post shows how to implement a Swagger UI using a .NET 9 produced OpenAPI file. The Swagger UI is deployed to a secure or development environment and is not deployed to a public production target. Sometimes, it is required to deploy the Swagger UI to a development deployment target and not the test or […]
Creating hashes in .NET
This article looks at different ways to create hashes in .NET Core. Hashes are useful for one way encryption which can be used for password storage, JWT validation and some other security use cases. When storing hashes in a database, extra care must be taken and the recommended approach from Microsoft should be used when […]
Creating and downloading a PDF or DOCX in ASP.NET Core
The post shows how a PDF can be created from data in an ASP.NET Core backend and downloaded using an API. The data could be loaded from different locations and exported then as a PDF or a docx or whatever you require. Code: https://github.com/damienbod/AspNetCoreCreatePdf Why GemBox? There are many different tools to generate PDF all […]
Implement a secure Blazor Web application using OpenID Connect and security headers
This article shows how to implement a secure .NET 8 Blazor Web application using OpenID Connect and security headers with CSP nonces. The NetEscapades.AspNetCore.SecurityHeaders nuget package is used to implement the security headers and OpenIddict is used to implement the OIDC server. Code: https://github.com/damienbod/BlazorWebOidc OpenIddict is used as the identity provider and an OpenID connect […]
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