IdentityConfig is missing in MVC 5

Question

I am migrating my project to MVC 5 and I've just installed Visual Studio 2013 RC. As far as I can see there must be a file named IdentityConfig.cs in the App_Start directory, but even if I create a new project, that file is missing. I am thinking that maybe it could be about version of Visual Studio that I am using. Is there anyway to solve this problem?

Also, I can't add Roles or Membership Providers to web.config. How can I do this with IdentityConfig?

Answer 1

IdentityConfig.cs is no longer required and was removed in the RC version. This is discussed in the article "Introducing ASP.NET Identity". Here is the relevant snippet from this article.

Following are the notable changes from 1.0.0-alpha1 – 1.0.0-beta1

• In these templates you no longer need IdentityConfig.cs
• Lots of public APIs were changed for renames and refactoring of code.
• Transactions support was added to the framework.

Answer 2

What you should find in App_Start is a Startup.Auth.cs file configuring the authentication / authorization middleware for the site.

ASP.NET MVC 5 doesn't use the role providers and membership providers that have been around since ASP.NET 2.0. You could still configure those into a web site, but then you'd probably want to get rid of the middleware.

By middleware, I mean most of the authz features are moving into OWIN middleware for ASP.NET. The StartupAuth.cs file and the AccountController in a new MVC 5 project show you a bit how everything can work together, although it is not well documented.