Windows Authentication for Kestrel hosted in Windows service

Question

I am running an ASP.NET Core application hosted in a Windows service as described here:

https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/aspnet/core/host-and-deploy/windows-service?view=aspnetcore-2.1

I need this application to support Windows Authentication. What are my options? I tried using Application Request Routing / URL Rewrite module in IIS as a reverse proxy with Windows Authentication but could not figure out how to make that work. Any guidance would be appreciated.

Answer 1

With .Net Core 3.0 you can use Windows Authentication with Kestrel. There is a Nuget Package for it: Microsoft.AspNetCore.Authentication.Negotiate

You then can add it in Startup.ConfigureServices:

services.AddAuthentication(NegotiateDefaults.AuthenticationScheme)
   .AddNegotiate();

For more Information also see:
https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/aspnet/core/security/authentication/windowsauth?view=aspnetcore-3.0&tabs=visual-studio#kestrel