public void ConfigureServices(IServiceCollection services)
        {
            services.Configure<BearerTokensOptions>(options => Configuration.GetSection("BearerTokens").Bind(options));

            services
                .AddAuthentication(options =>
                {
                    options.DefaultChallengeScheme = JwtBearerDefaults.AuthenticationScheme;
                    options.DefaultSignInScheme = JwtBearerDefaults.AuthenticationScheme;
                    options.DefaultAuthenticateScheme = JwtBearerDefaults.AuthenticationScheme;
                })
                .AddJwtBearer(cfg =>
                {
                    cfg.RequireHttpsMetadata = false;
                    cfg.SaveToken = true;
                    cfg.TokenValidationParameters = new TokenValidationParameters
                    {
                        ValidIssuer = Configuration["BearerTokens:Issuer"],
                        ValidAudience = Configuration["BearerTokens:Audience"],
                        IssuerSigningKey = new SymmetricSecurityKey(Encoding.UTF8.GetBytes(Configuration["BearerTokens:Key"])),
                        ValidateIssuerSigningKey = true,
                        ValidateLifetime = true,
                        ClockSkew = TimeSpan.Zero
                    };
                    cfg.Events = new JwtBearerEvents
                    {
                        OnAuthenticationFailed = context =>
                        {
                            var logger = context.HttpContext.RequestServices.GetRequiredService<ILoggerFactory>().CreateLogger(nameof(JwtBearerEvents));
                            logger.LogError("Authentication failed.", context.Exception);
                            return Task.CompletedTask;
                        },
                        OnTokenValidated = context =>
                        {
                            var tokenValidatorService = context.HttpContext.RequestServices.GetRequiredService<ITokenValidatorService>();
                            return tokenValidatorService.ValidateAsync(context);
                        },
                        OnMessageReceived = context =>
                         {
                             return Task.CompletedTask;
                         },
                        OnChallenge = context =>
                        {
                            var logger = context.HttpContext.RequestServices.GetRequiredService<ILoggerFactory>().CreateLogger(nameof(JwtBearerEvents));
                            logger.LogError("OnChallenge error", context.Error, context.ErrorDescription);
                            return Task.CompletedTask;
                        }
                    };
                });

{
  "BearerTokens": {
    "Key": "This is my shared key, not so secret, secret!",
    "Issuer": "http://localhost/",
    "Audience": "Any",
    "AccessTokenExpirationMinutes": 2,
    "RefreshTokenExpirationMinutes": 60
  }
}

[Authorize(AuthenticationSchemes = JwtBearerDefaults.AuthenticationScheme)]

$.ajax({
     headers: { 'Authorization': 'Bearer ' + jwtToken },

const string tokenKey = "my.custom.jwt.token.key";
if (context.HttpContext.Items.ContainsKey(tokenKey))
{
    context.Token = (string)context.HttpContext.Items[tokenKey];
}

OnTokenValidated = context =>
{
      var tokenValidatorService = context.HttpContext.RequestServices.GetRequiredService<ITokenValidatorService>();
      return tokenValidatorService.ValidateAsync(context);
},

    public class TokenValidatorService : ITokenValidatorService
    {
        private readonly IUsersService _usersService;
        private readonly ITokenStoreService _tokenStoreService;

        public TokenValidatorService(IUsersService usersService, ITokenStoreService tokenStoreService)
        {
            _usersService = usersService;
            _usersService.CheckArgumentIsNull(nameof(usersService));

            _tokenStoreService = tokenStoreService;
            _tokenStoreService.CheckArgumentIsNull(nameof(_tokenStoreService));
        }

        public async Task ValidateAsync(TokenValidatedContext context)
        {
            var userPrincipal = context.Principal;

            var claimsIdentity = context.Principal.Identity as ClaimsIdentity;
            if (claimsIdentity?.Claims == null || !claimsIdentity.Claims.Any())
            {
                context.Fail("This is not our issued token. It has no claims.");
                return;
            }

            var serialNumberClaim = claimsIdentity.FindFirst(ClaimTypes.SerialNumber);
            if (serialNumberClaim == null)
            {
                context.Fail("This is not our issued token. It has no serial.");
                return;
            }

            var userIdString = claimsIdentity.FindFirst(ClaimTypes.UserData).Value;
            if (!int.TryParse(userIdString, out int userId))
            {
                context.Fail("This is not our issued token. It has no user-id.");
                return;
            }

            var user = await _usersService.FindUserAsync(userId).ConfigureAwait(false);
            if (user == null || user.SerialNumber != serialNumberClaim.Value || !user.IsActive)
            {
                // user has changed his/her password/roles/stat/IsActive
                context.Fail("This token is expired. Please login again.");
            }

            var accessToken = context.SecurityToken as JwtSecurityToken;
            if (accessToken == null || string.IsNullOrWhiteSpace(accessToken.RawData) ||
                !await _tokenStoreService.IsValidTokenAsync(accessToken.RawData, userId).ConfigureAwait(false))
            {
                context.Fail("This token is not in our database.");
                return;
            }

            await _usersService.UpdateUserLastActivityDateAsync(userId).ConfigureAwait(false);
        }
    }

    public class UserToken
    {
        public int Id { get; set; }

        public string AccessTokenHash { get; set; }

        public DateTimeOffset AccessTokenExpiresDateTime { get; set; }

        public string RefreshTokenIdHash { get; set; }

        public DateTimeOffset RefreshTokenExpiresDateTime { get; set; }

        public int UserId { get; set; } // one-to-one association
        public virtual User User { get; set; }
    }

    public interface ITokenStoreService
    {
        Task AddUserTokenAsync(UserToken userToken);
        Task AddUserTokenAsync(
                User user, string refreshToken, string accessToken,
                DateTimeOffset refreshTokenExpiresDateTime, DateTimeOffset accessTokenExpiresDateTime);
        Task<bool> IsValidTokenAsync(string accessToken, int userId);
        Task DeleteExpiredTokensAsync();
        Task<UserToken> FindTokenAsync(string refreshToken);
        Task DeleteTokenAsync(string refreshToken);
        Task InvalidateUserTokensAsync(int userId);
        Task<(string accessToken, string refreshToken)> CreateJwtTokens(User user);
    }

        private async Task<string> createAccessTokenAsync(User user, DateTime expires)
        {
            var claims = new List<Claim>
            {
                // Unique Id for all Jwt tokes
                new Claim(JwtRegisteredClaimNames.Jti, Guid.NewGuid().ToString()),
                // Issuer
                new Claim(JwtRegisteredClaimNames.Iss, _configuration.Value.Issuer),
                // Issued at
                new Claim(JwtRegisteredClaimNames.Iat, DateTime.UtcNow.ToUnixEpochDate().ToString(), ClaimValueTypes.Integer64),
                new Claim(ClaimTypes.NameIdentifier, user.Id.ToString()),
                new Claim(ClaimTypes.Name, user.Username),
                new Claim("DisplayName", user.DisplayName),
                // to invalidate the cookie
                new Claim(ClaimTypes.SerialNumber, user.SerialNumber),
                // custom data
                new Claim(ClaimTypes.UserData, user.Id.ToString())
            };

            // add roles
            var roles = await _rolesService.FindUserRolesAsync(user.Id).ConfigureAwait(false);
            foreach (var role in roles)
            {
                claims.Add(new Claim(ClaimTypes.Role, role.Name));
            }

            var key = new SymmetricSecurityKey(Encoding.UTF8.GetBytes(_configuration.Value.Key));
            var creds = new SigningCredentials(key, SecurityAlgorithms.HmacSha256);
            var token = new JwtSecurityToken(
                issuer: _configuration.Value.Issuer,
                audience: _configuration.Value.Audience,
                claims: claims,
                notBefore: DateTime.UtcNow,
                expires: expires,
                signingCredentials: creds);
            return new JwtSecurityTokenHandler().WriteToken(token);
        }

<ItemGroup>
   <PackageReference Include="Microsoft.AspNetCore.Authentication.JwtBearer" Version="2.0.0" />
</ItemGroup>

        public async Task<(string accessToken, string refreshToken)> CreateJwtTokens(User user)
        {
            var now = DateTimeOffset.UtcNow;
            var accessTokenExpiresDateTime = now.AddMinutes(_configuration.Value.AccessTokenExpirationMinutes);
            var refreshTokenExpiresDateTime = now.AddMinutes(_configuration.Value.RefreshTokenExpirationMinutes);
            var accessToken = await createAccessTokenAsync(user, accessTokenExpiresDateTime.UtcDateTime).ConfigureAwait(false);
            var refreshToken = Guid.NewGuid().ToString().Replace("-", "");

            await AddUserTokenAsync(user, refreshToken, accessToken, refreshTokenExpiresDateTime, accessTokenExpiresDateTime).ConfigureAwait(false);
            await _uow.SaveChangesAsync().ConfigureAwait(false);

            return (accessToken, refreshToken);
        }

        [AllowAnonymous]
        [HttpPost("[action]")]
        public async Task<IActionResult> Login([FromBody]  User loginUser)
        {
            if (loginUser == null)
            {
                return BadRequest("user is not set.");
            }

            var user = await _usersService.FindUserAsync(loginUser.Username, loginUser.Password).ConfigureAwait(false);
            if (user == null || !user.IsActive)
            {
                return Unauthorized();
            }

            var (accessToken, refreshToken) = await _tokenStoreService.CreateJwtTokens(user).ConfigureAwait(false);
            return Ok(new { access_token = accessToken, refresh_token = refreshToken });
        }

        [AllowAnonymous]
        [HttpPost("[action]")]
        public async Task<IActionResult> RefreshToken([FromBody]JToken jsonBody)
        {
            var refreshToken = jsonBody.Value<string>("refreshToken");
            if (string.IsNullOrWhiteSpace(refreshToken))
            {
                return BadRequest("refreshToken is not set.");
            }

            var token = await _tokenStoreService.FindTokenAsync(refreshToken);
            if (token == null)
            {
                return Unauthorized();
            }

            var (accessToken, newRefreshToken) = await _tokenStoreService.CreateJwtTokens(token.User).ConfigureAwait(false);
            return Ok(new { access_token = accessToken, refresh_token = newRefreshToken });
        }

        [AllowAnonymous]
        [HttpGet("[action]"), HttpPost("[action]")]
        public async Task<bool> Logout()
        {
            var claimsIdentity = this.User.Identity as ClaimsIdentity;
            var userIdValue = claimsIdentity.FindFirst(ClaimTypes.UserData)?.Value;

            // The Jwt implementation does not support "revoke OAuth token" (logout) by design.
            // Delete the user's tokens from the database (revoke its bearer token)
            if (!string.IsNullOrWhiteSpace(userIdValue) && int.TryParse(userIdValue, out int userId))
            {
                await _tokenStoreService.InvalidateUserTokensAsync(userId).ConfigureAwait(false);
            }
            await _tokenStoreService.DeleteExpiredTokensAsync().ConfigureAwait(false);
            await _uow.SaveChangesAsync().ConfigureAwait(false);

            return true;
        }

CREATE TABLE testTable
(column1 integer not  null);

INSERT INTO testTable
VALUES (-10), (0), (10), (20), (30), (40)

ALTER TABLE testTable
WITH CHECK 
ADD CONSTRAINT NoNegative 
CHECK (column1 > 0);

The ALTER TABLE statement conflicted with the CHECK constraint "NoNegative".

ALTER TABLE testTable
WITH NOCHECK 
ADD CONSTRAINT NoNegative 
CHECK (column1 > 0);

INSERT INTO testTable VALUES (-5)
  /*
 The INSERT statement conflicted with the CHECK constraint "NoNegative".
 */

ALTER TABLE TestTable
NOCHECK CONSTRAINT NoNegative

ALTER TABLE TestTable
WITH NOCHECK
CHECK CONSTRAINT NoNegative

> mkdir EfCoreDbToModel

> cd EfCoreDbToModel

> dotnet new console

> dotnet add package Microsoft.EntityFrameworkCore.SqlServer
> dotnet add package Microsoft.EntityFrameworkCore.Tools
> dotnet add package Microsoft.EntityFrameworkCore.SqlServer.Design

 < DotNetCliToolReference Include= " Microsoft.EntityFrameworkCore.Tools.DotNet " Version= " 2.0.0 " />

> dotnet restore

> dotnet ef -h

>dotnet ef dbcontext scaffold "Server=.;Database=Your_DB;Trusted_Connection=True;" Microsoft.EntityFrameworkCore.SqlServer -o Model

> dotnet ef dbcontext scaffold "Server=.\;Database=Your_Db_name;Trusted_Connection=True;" Microsoft.EntityFrameworkCore.SqlServer -o Model -context "MyDbContext"

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<license id="17d46246-a6cb-4196-98a0-ff6fc08cb67f" expiration="2012-06-12T00:00:00.0000000" type="Trial" prof="EFProf">
  <name>MyName</name>
  <Signature xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/09/xmldsig#">
    <SignedInfo>
      <CanonicalizationMethod Algorithm="http://www.w3.org/TR/2001/REC-xml-c14n-20010315" />
      <SignatureMethod Algorithm="http://www.w3.org/2000/09/xmldsig#rsa-sha1" />
      <Reference URI="">
        <Transforms>
          <Transform Algorithm="http://www.w3.org/2000/09/xmldsig#enveloped-signature" />
        </Transforms>
        <DigestMethod Algorithm="http://www.w3.org/2000/09/xmldsig#sha1" />
        <DigestValue>b8N0bDE4gTakfdGKtzDflmmyyXI=</DigestValue>
      </Reference>
    </SignedInfo>
    <SignatureValue>IPELgc9BbkD8smXSe0sGqp5vS57CtZo9ME2ZfXSq/thVu...=</SignatureValue>
  </Signature>
</license>

        public static string CreateRSAKeyPair(int dwKeySize = 1024)
        {
            using (var provider = new RSACryptoServiceProvider(dwKeySize))
            {
                return provider.ToXmlString(includePrivateParameters: true);
            }
        }

namespace SignedXmlSample
{
    public enum LicenseType
    {
        None,
        Trial,
        Standard,
        Personal
    }
}

using System;
using System.Xml.Serialization;

namespace SignedXmlSample
{
    public class License
    {
        [XmlAttribute]
        public Guid Id { set; get; }
        
        public string Domain { set; get; }

        [XmlAttribute]
        public string IssuedTo { set; get; }

        [XmlAttribute]
        public DateTime Expiration { set; get; }

        [XmlAttribute]
        public LicenseType Type { set; get; }
    }
}

using System;
using System.IO;
using System.Security.Cryptography; // needs a ref. to `System.Security.dll` asm.
using System.Security.Cryptography.Xml;
using System.Text;
using System.Xml;
using System.Xml.Serialization;

namespace SignedXmlSample
{
    public static class LicenseGenerator
    {
        public static string CreateLicense(string licensePrivateKey, License licenseData)
        {
            using (var provider = new RSACryptoServiceProvider())
            {
                provider.FromXmlString(licensePrivateKey);
                var xmlDocument = createXmlDocument(licenseData);
                var xmlDigitalSignature = getXmlDigitalSignature(xmlDocument, provider);
                appendDigitalSignature(xmlDocument, xmlDigitalSignature);
                return xmlDocumentToString(xmlDocument);
            }
        }

        public static string CreateRSAKeyPair(int dwKeySize = 1024)
        {
            using (var provider = new RSACryptoServiceProvider(dwKeySize))
            {
                return provider.ToXmlString(includePrivateParameters: true);
            }
        }

        public static License ReadLicense(string licensePublicKey, string xmlFileContent)
        {
            var doc = new XmlDocument();
            doc.LoadXml(xmlFileContent);

            using (var provider = new RSACryptoServiceProvider())
            {
                provider.FromXmlString(licensePublicKey);

                var nsmgr = new XmlNamespaceManager(doc.NameTable);
                nsmgr.AddNamespace("sig", "http://www.w3.org/2000/09/xmldsig#");

                var xml = new SignedXml(doc);
                var signatureNode = (XmlElement)doc.SelectSingleNode("//sig:Signature", nsmgr);
                if (signatureNode == null)
                    throw new InvalidOperationException("This license file is not signed.");

                xml.LoadXml(signatureNode);
                if (!xml.CheckSignature(provider))
                    throw new InvalidOperationException("This license file is not valid.");

                var ourXml = xml.GetXml();
                if (ourXml.OwnerDocument == null || ourXml.OwnerDocument.DocumentElement == null)
                    throw new InvalidOperationException("This license file is coruppted.");

                using (var reader = new XmlNodeReader(ourXml.OwnerDocument.DocumentElement))
                {
                    var xmlSerializer = new XmlSerializer(typeof(License));
                    return (License)xmlSerializer.Deserialize(reader);
                }
            }
        }

        private static void appendDigitalSignature(XmlDocument xmlDocument, XmlNode xmlDigitalSignature)
        {
            xmlDocument.DocumentElement.AppendChild(xmlDocument.ImportNode(xmlDigitalSignature, true));
        }

        private static XmlDocument createXmlDocument(License licenseData)
        {
            var serializer = new XmlSerializer(licenseData.GetType());
            var sb = new StringBuilder();
            using (var writer = new StringWriter(sb))
            {
                var ns = new XmlSerializerNamespaces(); ns.Add("", "");
                serializer.Serialize(writer, licenseData, ns);
                var doc = new XmlDocument();
                doc.LoadXml(sb.ToString());
                return doc;
            }
        }

        private static XmlElement getXmlDigitalSignature(XmlDocument xmlDocument, AsymmetricAlgorithm key)
        {
            var xml = new SignedXml(xmlDocument) { SigningKey = key };
            var reference = new Reference { Uri = "" };
            reference.AddTransform(new XmlDsigEnvelopedSignatureTransform());
            xml.AddReference(reference);
            xml.ComputeSignature();
            return xml.GetXml();
        }

        private static string xmlDocumentToString(XmlDocument xmlDocument)
        {
            using (var ms = new MemoryStream())
            {
                var settings = new XmlWriterSettings { Indent = true, Encoding = Encoding.UTF8 };
                var xmlWriter = XmlWriter.Create(ms, settings);
                xmlDocument.Save(xmlWriter);
                ms.Position = 0;
                return new StreamReader(ms).ReadToEnd();
            }
        }
    }
}

using System;
using System.IO;

namespace SignedXmlSample
{
    class Program
    {
        static void Main(string[] args)
        {
            //Console.WriteLine(LicenseGenerator.CreateRSAKeyPair());
            writeLicense();            
            readLicense();

            Console.WriteLine("Press a key...");
            Console.ReadKey();
        }

        private static void readLicense()
        {
            var xml = File.ReadAllText("License.xml");
            const string publicKey = @"<RSAKeyValue>
                                    <Modulus>
                                        mBNKFIc/LkMfaXvLlB/+6EujPkx3vBOvLu8jdESDSQLisT8K96RaDMD1ORmdw2XNdMw/6ZBuJjLhoY13qCU9t7biuL3SIxr858oJ1RLM4PKhA/wVDcYnJXmAUuOyxP/vfvb798o6zAC1R2QWuzG+yJQR7bFmbKH0tXF/NOcSgbc=
                                    </Modulus>
                                    <Exponent>
                                        AQAB
                                    </Exponent>
                                 </RSAKeyValue>";

            var result = LicenseGenerator.ReadLicense(publicKey, xml);

            Console.WriteLine(result.Domain);
            Console.WriteLine(result.IssuedTo);
        }

        private static void writeLicense()
        {
            const string rsaData = @"<RSAKeyValue>
                    <Modulus>
                        mBNKFIc/LkMfaXvLlB/+6EujPkx3vBOvLu8jdESDSQLisT8K96RaDMD1ORmdw2XNdMw/6ZBuJjLhoY13qCU9t7biuL3SIxr858oJ1RLM4PKhA/wVDcYnJXmAUuOyxP/vfvb798o6zAC1R2QWuzG+yJQR7bFmbKH0tXF/NOcSgbc=
                    </Modulus>
                    <Exponent>
                        AQAB
                    </Exponent>
                    <P>
                        xwPKN77EcolMTD2O2Csv6k9Y4aen8UBVYjeQ4PtrNGz0Zx6I1MxLEFzRpiKC/Ney3xKg0Icwj0ebAQ04d5+HAQ==
                    </P>
                    <Q>
                        w568t0Xe6OBUfCyAuo7tTv4eLgczHntVLpjjcxdUksdVw7NJtlnOLApJVJ+U6/85Z7Ji+eVhuN91yn04pQkAtw==
                    </Q>
                    <DP>
                        svkEjRdA4WP5uoKNiHdmMshCvUQh8wKRBq/D2aAgq9fj/yxlj0FdrAxc+ZQFyk5MbPH6ry00jVWu3sY95s4PAQ==
                    </DP>
                    <DQ>
                        WcRsIUYk5oSbAGiDohiYeZlPTBvtr101V669IUFhhAGJL8cEWnOXksodoIGimzGBrD5GARrr3yRcL1GLPuCEvQ==
                    </DQ>
                    <InverseQ>
                        wIbuKBZSCioG6MHdT1jxlv6U1+Y3TX9sHED9PqGzWWpVGA+xFJmQUxoFf/SvHzwbBlXnG0DLqUvxEv+BkEid2w==
                    </InverseQ>
                    <D>                        Yk21yWdT1BfXqlw30NyN7qNWNuM/Uvh2eaRkCrhvFTckSucxs7st6qig2/RPIwwfr6yIc/bE/TRO3huQicTpC2W3aXsBI9822OOX4BdWCec2txXpSkbZW24moXu+OSHfAdYoOEN6ocR7tAGykIqENshRO7HvONJsOE5+1kF2GAE=
                    </D>
                  </RSAKeyValue>";

            string data = LicenseGenerator.CreateLicense(
                                                rsaData,
                                                new License
                                                {
                                                     Id = Guid.NewGuid(),
                                                     Domain = "dotnettips.info",
                                                     Expiration = DateTime.Now.AddYears(2),
                                                     IssuedTo = "VahidN",
                                                     Type = LicenseType.Standard
                                                });
            File.WriteAllText("License.xml", data);
        }
    }
}

using System;
using System.ComponentModel;
using System.ComponentModel.DataAnnotations;

namespace MvcApplication1.Models
{
    public class Task
    {
        public int Id { set; get; }

        [Required]
        public string Name { set; get; }

        [DisplayName("Due Date")]
        public DateTime? DueDate { set; get; }

        [DisplayName("Is Complete")]
        public bool IsComplete { set; get; }

        [StringLength(450)]
        public string Description { set; get; }
    }
}

Install-Package MvcScaffolding

Attempting to resolve dependency 'T4Scaffolding'.
Attempting to resolve dependency 'T4Scaffolding.Core'.
Attempting to resolve dependency 'EntityFramework'.
Successfully installed 'T4Scaffolding.Core 1.0.0'.
Successfully installed 'T4Scaffolding 1.0.8'.
Successfully installed 'MvcScaffolding 1.0.9'.
Successfully added 'T4Scaffolding.Core 1.0.0' to MvcApplication1.
Successfully added 'T4Scaffolding 1.0.8' to MvcApplication1.
Successfully added 'MvcScaffolding 1.0.9' to MvcApplication1.

Scaffold Controller Task

Scaffold Controller -ModelType Task -ControllerName TasksController -DbContextType TasksDbContext

Scaffold Controller -ModelType Task -ControllerName TasksController -DbContextType TasksDbContext -Repository

Scaffold Controller -ModelType Task -ControllerName TasksController -DbContextType TasksDbContext -Repository -Force

public interface ITaskRepository : IDisposable
{
  IQueryable<Task> All { get; }
  IQueryable<Task> AllIncluding(params Expression<Func<Task, object>>[] includeProperties);
  Task Find(int id);
  void InsertOrUpdate(Task task);
  void Delete(int id);
  void Save();
}

//debug

/optimize­ 
/debug:full

//=======================

//Release

/optimize+
/debug:pdbonly

if (numberOfCPUs > 1) {
...
}