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Missing "IdentityHostingStartup.cshtml" when scaffolding Identity

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Issue

Identity scaffolding fails with the following error when run by either command line (as below, for any combination of files) or via the IDE context menu (Add -> New Scaffolded Item… -> Identity).

> dotnet aspnet-codegenerator identity -dc MyProject.Data.MyContext --files "Account.Login;Account.Logout"

Building project ...
Finding the generator 'identity'...
Running the generator 'identity'...
A file matching the name IdentityHostingStartup.cshtml was not found within any of the folders: C:\Users\Extragorey\.nuget\packages\Microsoft.VisualStudio.Web.CodeGenerators.Mvc\6.0.0\Templates\Identity\Data;C:\Users\Extragorey\.nuget\packages\Microsoft.VisualStudio.Web.CodeGenerators.Mvc\6.0.0\Templates\Identity\Pages;C:\Users\Extragorey\.nuget\packages\Microsoft.VisualStudio.Web.CodeGenerators.Mvc\6.0.0\Templates\Identity
   at Microsoft.VisualStudio.Web.CodeGeneration.ActionInvoker.<BuildCommandLine>b__6_0()
   at Microsoft.Extensions.CommandLineUtils.CommandLineApplication.Execute(String[] args)
   at Microsoft.VisualStudio.Web.CodeGeneration.ActionInvoker.Execute(String[] args)
   at Microsoft.VisualStudio.Web.CodeGeneration.CodeGenCommand.Execute(String[] args)
RunTime 00:00:07.76

Solution

Manually add IdentityHostingStartup.cshtml to the folder specified (….nuget\packages\Microsoft.VisualStudio.Web.CodeGenerators.Mvc\6.0.0\Templates\Identity), copying it from this source. Once added, scaffolding works as expected.

Suggested: Include IdentityHostingStartup.cshtml in the Microsoft.VisualStudio.Web.CodeGenerators.Mvc nuget package distribution.

Environment Info

Libraries: twitter-bootstrap@5.1.3 Target framework: .NET 6.0 IDE: Visual Studio 2022 17.0.1 Operating system: Windows Server 2016 Standard

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Created 2 years ago
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Comments:10 (2 by maintainers)

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N1K1TAS95commented, Dec 24, 2021

Issue

Identity scaffolding fails with the following error when run by either command line (as below, for any combination of files) or via the IDE context menu (Add -> New Scaffolded Item… -> Identity).
> dotnet aspnet-codegenerator identity -dc MyProject.Data.MyContext --files "Account.Login;Account.Logout"

Building project ...
Finding the generator 'identity'...
Running the generator 'identity'...
A file matching the name IdentityHostingStartup.cshtml was not found within any of the folders: C:\Users\Extragorey\.nuget\packages\Microsoft.VisualStudio.Web.CodeGenerators.Mvc\6.0.0\Templates\Identity\Data;C:\Users\Extragorey\.nuget\packages\Microsoft.VisualStudio.Web.CodeGenerators.Mvc\6.0.0\Templates\Identity\Pages;C:\Users\Extragorey\.nuget\packages\Microsoft.VisualStudio.Web.CodeGenerators.Mvc\6.0.0\Templates\Identity
   at Microsoft.VisualStudio.Web.CodeGeneration.ActionInvoker.<BuildCommandLine>b__6_0()
   at Microsoft.Extensions.CommandLineUtils.CommandLineApplication.Execute(String[] args)
   at Microsoft.VisualStudio.Web.CodeGeneration.ActionInvoker.Execute(String[] args)
   at Microsoft.VisualStudio.Web.CodeGeneration.CodeGenCommand.Execute(String[] args)
RunTime 00:00:07.76
Solution

Manually add IdentityHostingStartup.cshtml to the folder specified (…nuget\packages\Microsoft.VisualStudio.Web.CodeGenerators.Mvc\6.0.0\Templates\Identity), copying it from this source. Once added, scaffolding works as expected.

Suggested: Include IdentityHostingStartup.cshtml in the Microsoft.VisualStudio.Web.CodeGenerators.Mvc nuget package distribution.

Environment Info

Libraries: twitter-bootstrap@5.1.3 Target framework: .NET 6.0 IDE: Visual Studio 2022 17.0.1 Operating system: Windows Server 2016 Standard

Finally! Worked for me!

2reactions

deepchoudherycommented, Dec 20, 2021

@Extragorey Hey, tracking this issue for the next update. Will update here when it goes out.

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