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Todays Achievements:  Looked at Asp.Net Identity, Scaffolding and email sending from Identity   Also found  Duende Software , looks good, and I may be able to get it for free After looking at several options, I'm happier with Azure AD B2C, as it gives a UI to manage users. Authentication and Authorization in ASP.NET Core | Pluralsight  by  Roland Guijt https://4sh.nl/IdentityConfiguration Why:  Currently looking at Azure AD B2C and I'm concerned that it will burn me, wanted to look at other options Also wanted to look at a local authentication option for simpler apps that don't need a multi client authentication system  Gotcha's A SendGrid email I sent from the Auth system was blocked, outlook.com had blocked the ip address.  Seems that Identity Server does require a separate addin "AdminUI" in order to manage users and this is expensive. Questions  More to research about Duende, Identity Server, Azure AD B2C, and maybe even FireBase Aut...

 Todays Achievements:  Ran ASP.Net Core on Ubuntu Linux, with Identity Support  Why:  Potential for cost savings using Linux VM's over Windows VM's  Also allows for splitting the hosting, ie: SQL Server on one machine and ASP.Net on another, I can get 2 x Linux machine with same spec as a single Windows VM on AWS Lightsail 2 CPU's 4GB RAM 80 GB SSD  US$20 per month - Windows is $40 per month Gotcha's Needs apache to proxy the request to Kestrel Not sure about the proxy to https://localhost:5001 Not sure about the processor overhead of the proxy work.  Questions  Runtime Compilation - Does it slow the app down in production ? Does Reverse Proxy well deployed on Linux need https ? Answer: No, see  Enforce HTTPS in ASP.NET Core | Microsoft Docs In some backend service scenarios where connection security is handled at the public-facing edge of the network, configuring connection security at each node isn't required. Web apps that are generated fr...