ASP.NET Core 3 and React

Configuring our ASP.NET Core backend to authenticate with Auth0

We can now change our ASP.NET Core backend to authenticate with Auth0. Let's open the backend project in Visual Studio and carry out the following steps:

1. Install the following NuGet package:

Microsoft.AspNetCore.Authentication.JwtBearer

2. Add the following using statement to the Startup class:

using Microsoft.AspNetCore.Authentication.JwtBearer;

Make sure the version of the package you select is supported by the version of .NET Core you are using. So, for example, if you are targeting .NET Core 3.0, then select the package version 3.0.0.

3. Add the following lines to the ConfigureServices method in the Startup class:

public void ConfigureServices(IServiceCollection services) ...