Unable to create an object of type 'DbContext'

Question

When I try to run

dotnet ef migration add Init

I get error

Unable to create an object of type 'IdentityContext'.

I know what caused the problem. I wanted to learn using message bus and added it to my project, so I run for some course and implemented it. Ofc bus working perfectly. But the problem is that I can no longer migrate via EF.

My Startup.cs before was.

public class Program
{
    public static void Main(string[] args)
    {
        CreateWebHostBuilder(args).Build().Run();
    }

    public static IWebHostBuilder CreateWebHostBuilder(string[] args) =>
        WebHost.CreateDefaultBuilder(args)
            .UseStartup<Startup>();
}

Now it looks like this.

public static void Main(string[] args)
{
  ServiceHost.Create<Startup>(args)
    .UseRabbitMq()
    .Build()
    .Run();
}

And ServiceHost class

public void Run() => _webHost.Run();

public static HostBuilder Create<TStartup>(string[] args) where TStartup : class
{
  Console.Title = typeof(TStartup).Namespace;
  var config = new ConfigurationBuilder()
    .AddEnvironmentVariables()
    .AddCommandLine(args)
    .Build();
  var webHostBuilder = WebHost.CreateDefaultBuilder()
    .UseConfiguration(config)
    .UseStartup<TStartup>();

  return new HostBuilder(webHostBuilder.Build());
}

So anyone would give advice why migration stopped to work? For me it looks like it should work, but it isn't so I guess I'm wrong.

And ofc I have in my Startup.cs

services.AddEntityFrameworkNpgsql().AddDbContext<IdentityContext>(options =>
    options.UseNpgsql(Configuration.GetConnectionString("IdentityConnection")));

EDIT IdentityContext class:

  public class IdentityContext : DbContext
  {
    public IdentityContext(DbContextOptions<IdentityContext> options) : base(options)
    {
      while (!Debugger.IsAttached)
      {
        Thread.Sleep(100);
      }
    }
    public DbSet<User> Users { get; set; }

    protected override void OnModelCreating(ModelBuilder modelBuilder)
    {
      modelBuilder.Entity<User>().HasIndex(user => user.Email).IsUnique();
      modelBuilder.Entity<User>().HasIndex(user => user.Username).IsUnique();
    }
  }

EDIT2. Verbose migration

Using project '/home/msek/Projects/inz/CrossX/src/CrossX.Identity/CrossX.Identity.csproj'.
Using startup project '/home/msek/Projects/inz/CrossX/src/CrossX.Identity/CrossX.Identity.csproj'.
Writing '/home/msek/Projects/inz/CrossX/src/CrossX.Identity/obj/CrossX.Identity.csproj.EntityFrameworkCore.targets'...
dotnet msbuild /target:GetEFProjectMetadata /property:EFProjectMetadataFile=/tmp/tmpCq3PQa.tmp /verbosity:quiet /nologo /home/msek/Projects/inz/CrossX/src/CrossX.Identity/CrossX.Identity.csproj
Writing '/home/msek/Projects/inz/CrossX/src/CrossX.Identity/obj/CrossX.Identity.csproj.EntityFrameworkCore.targets'...
dotnet msbuild /target:GetEFProjectMetadata /property:EFProjectMetadataFile=/tmp/tmpR48yu8.tmp /verbosity:quiet /nologo /home/msek/Projects/inz/CrossX/src/CrossX.Identity/CrossX.Identity.csproj
dotnet build /home/msek/Projects/inz/CrossX/src/CrossX.Identity/CrossX.Identity.csproj /verbosity:quiet /nologo

Build succeeded.
    0 Warning(s)
    0 Error(s)

Time Elapsed 00:00:01.17
dotnet exec --depsfile /home/msek/Projects/inz/CrossX/src/CrossX.Identity/bin/Debug/netcoreapp2.2/CrossX.Identity.deps.json --additionalprobingpath /home/msek/.nuget/packages --runtimeconfig /home/msek/Projects/inz/CrossX/src/CrossX.Identity/bin/Debug/netcoreapp2.2/CrossX.Identity.runtimeconfig.json /home/msek/.dotnet/tools/.store/dotnet-ef/2.2.2/dotnet-ef/2.2.2/tools/netcoreapp2.2/any/tools/netcoreapp2.0/any/ef.dll migrations add Init --assembly /home/msek/Projects/inz/CrossX/src/CrossX.Identity/bin/Debug/netcoreapp2.2/CrossX.Identity.dll --startup-assembly /home/msek/Projects/inz/CrossX/src/CrossX.Identity/bin/Debug/netcoreapp2.2/CrossX.Identity.dll --project-dir /home/msek/Projects/inz/CrossX/src/CrossX.Identity/ --language C# --working-dir /home/msek/Projects/inz/CrossX/src/CrossX.Identity --verbose --root-namespace CrossX.Identity
Using assembly 'CrossX.Identity'.
Using startup assembly 'CrossX.Identity'.
Using application base '/home/msek/Projects/inz/CrossX/src/CrossX.Identity/bin/Debug/netcoreapp2.2'.
Using working directory '/home/msek/Projects/inz/CrossX/src/CrossX.Identity'.
Using root namespace 'CrossX.Identity'.
Using project directory '/home/msek/Projects/inz/CrossX/src/CrossX.Identity/'.
Finding DbContext classes...
Finding IDesignTimeDbContextFactory implementations...
Finding application service provider...
Finding IWebHost accessor...
No CreateWebHostBuilder(string[]) method was found on type 'CrossX.Identity.Program'.
No application service provider was found.
Finding DbContext classes in the project...
Found DbContext 'IdentityContext'.
Microsoft.EntityFrameworkCore.Design.OperationException: Unable to create an object of type 'IdentityContext'. For the different patterns supported at design time, see https://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?linkid=851728 ---> System.MissingMethodException: No parameterless constructor defined for this object.
   at System.RuntimeTypeHandle.CreateInstance(RuntimeType type, Boolean publicOnly, Boolean wrapExceptions, Boolean& canBeCached, RuntimeMethodHandleInternal& ctor)
   at System.RuntimeType.CreateInstanceSlow(Boolean publicOnly, Boolean wrapExceptions, Boolean skipCheckThis, Boolean fillCache)
   at Microsoft.EntityFrameworkCore.Design.Internal.DbContextOperations.<>c__DisplayClass12_3.<FindContextTypes>b__13()
   --- End of inner exception stack trace ---
   at Microsoft.EntityFrameworkCore.Design.Internal.DbContextOperations.<>c__DisplayClass12_3.<FindContextTypes>b__13()
   at Microsoft.EntityFrameworkCore.Design.Internal.DbContextOperations.CreateContext(Func`1 factory)
   at Microsoft.EntityFrameworkCore.Design.Internal.DbContextOperations.CreateContext(String contextType)
   at Microsoft.EntityFrameworkCore.Design.Internal.MigrationsOperations.AddMigration(String name, String outputDir, String contextType)
   at Microsoft.EntityFrameworkCore.Design.OperationExecutor.AddMigrationImpl(String name, String outputDir, String contextType)
   at Microsoft.EntityFrameworkCore.Design.OperationExecutor.OperationBase.<>c__DisplayClass3_0`1.<Execute>b__0()
   at Microsoft.EntityFrameworkCore.Design.OperationExecutor.OperationBase.Execute(Action action)
Unable to create an object of type 'IdentityContext'. For the different patterns supported at design time, see https://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?linkid=851728

Answer 1

My problem was that I didn't set my api project from the solution as Startup Project so it wouldn't find any Startup.cs or sth like that.

Answer 2

Make sure you have default constructor of IdentityContext without parameters. It should work.