public class AppDataProtectionKey
{
    public int Id { get; set; }
    public string FriendlyName { get; set; }
    public string XmlData { get; set; }
}

 public virtual DbSet<AppDataProtectionKey> AppDataProtectionKeys { get; set; }

modelBuilder.Entity<AppDataProtectionKey>(builder =>
{
   builder.ToTable("AppDataProtectionKeys");
   builder.HasIndex(e => e.FriendlyName).IsUnique();
});

    public class DataProtectionKeyService : IXmlRepository
    {
        private readonly IServiceProvider _serviceProvider;

        public DataProtectionKeyService(IServiceProvider serviceProvider)
        {
            _serviceProvider = serviceProvider;
            _serviceProvider.CheckArgumentIsNull(nameof(_serviceProvider));
        }

        public IReadOnlyCollection<XElement> GetAllElements()
        {
            return _serviceProvider.RunScopedContext<ReadOnlyCollection<XElement>>(context =>
            {
                var dataProtectionKeys = context.Set<AppDataProtectionKey>();
                return new ReadOnlyCollection<XElement>(dataProtectionKeys.Select(k => XElement.Parse(k.XmlData)).ToList());
            });
        }

        public void StoreElement(XElement element, string friendlyName)
        {
            // We need a separate context to call its SaveChanges several times,
            // without using the current request's context and changing its internal state.
            _serviceProvider.RunScopedContext(context =>
            {
                var dataProtectionKeys = context.Set<AppDataProtectionKey>();
                var entity = dataProtectionKeys.SingleOrDefault(k => k.FriendlyName == friendlyName);
                if (null != entity)
                {
                    entity.XmlData = element.ToString();
                    dataProtectionKeys.Update(entity);
                }
                else
                {
                    dataProtectionKeys.Add(new AppDataProtectionKey
                    {
                        FriendlyName = friendlyName,
                        XmlData = element.ToString()
                    });
                }
                context.SaveChanges();
            });
        }
    }

        private static void addCustomDataProtection(this IServiceCollection services, SiteSettings siteSettings)
        {
            services.AddScoped<IXmlRepository, DataProtectionKeyService>();
            services.AddSingleton<IConfigureOptions<KeyManagementOptions>>(serviceProvider =>
            {
                return new ConfigureOptions<KeyManagementOptions>(options =>
                {
                    var scopeFactory = serviceProvider.GetRequiredService<IServiceScopeFactory>();
                    using (var scope = scopeFactory.CreateScope())
                    {
                        options.XmlRepository = scope.ServiceProvider.GetService<IXmlRepository>();
                    }
                });
            });
            services
                .AddDataProtection()
                .SetDefaultKeyLifetime(siteSettings.CookieOptions.ExpireTimeSpan)
                .SetApplicationName(siteSettings.CookieOptions.CookieName)
                .UseCryptographicAlgorithms(new AuthenticatedEncryptorConfiguration
                {
                    EncryptionAlgorithm = EncryptionAlgorithm.AES_256_CBC,
                    ValidationAlgorithm = ValidationAlgorithm.HMACSHA256
                });
        }

"C:\Program Files\Git\usr\bin\openssl.exe" genrsa -out private.key 2048
"C:\Program Files\Git\usr\bin\openssl.exe" req -new -x509 -key private.key -out publickey.cer -days 1398
"C:\Program Files\Git\usr\bin\openssl.exe" pkcs12 -export -out idp.pfx -inkey private.key -in publickey.cer

private static X509Certificate2 loadCertificateFromFile(string filePath, string password)
{
    // NOTE:
    // You should check out the identity of your application pool and make sure
    // that the `Load user profile` option is turned on, otherwise the crypto susbsystem won't work.

    // For decryption the certificate must be in the certificate store. It's a limitation of how EncryptedXml works.
    using (var store = new X509Store(StoreName.My, StoreLocation.CurrentUser))
    {
      store.Open(OpenFlags.ReadWrite);
      store.Add(new X509Certificate2(filePath, password, X509KeyStorageFlags.Exportable));
    }

    return new X509Certificate2(
            filePath,
            password,
            keyStorageFlags: X509KeyStorageFlags.MachineKeySet | X509KeyStorageFlags.PersistKeySet
                             | X509KeyStorageFlags.Exportable);
}

services
   .AddDataProtection()
   .SetDefaultKeyLifetime(...)
   .SetApplicationName(...)
   .ProtectKeysWithCertificate(loadCertificateFromFile("path ...", "123"));