Startup.cs

using AngularBilling.Data;
using eclatHMMS.Helpers;
using Microsoft.AspNetCore.Authentication.JwtBearer;
using Microsoft.AspNetCore.Builder;
using Microsoft.AspNetCore.Hosting;
using Microsoft.AspNetCore.HttpsPolicy;
using Microsoft.AspNetCore.Identity;
using Microsoft.AspNetCore.Mvc;
using Microsoft.AspNetCore.SpaServices.AngularCli;
using Microsoft.EntityFrameworkCore;
using Microsoft.Extensions.Configuration;
using Microsoft.Extensions.DependencyInjection;
using Microsoft.IdentityModel.Tokens;
using System;
using System.Text;

namespace AngularBilling
{
    public class Startup
    {
        public Startup(IConfiguration configuration)
        {
            Configuration = configuration;
        }

        public IConfiguration Configuration { get; }

        // This method gets called by the runtime. Use this method to add services to the container.
        public void ConfigureServices(IServiceCollection services)
        {
            services.AddTransient<UserSeed>();
            services.AddMvc().SetCompatibilityVersion(CompatibilityVersion.Version_2_2);

            // In production, the Angular files will be served from this directory
            services.AddSpaStaticFiles(configuration =>
            {
                configuration.RootPath = "ClientApp/dist";
            });
            
            // Enable CORS
            services.AddCors(options =>
            {
                options.AddPolicy("EnableCORS", builder =>
                {
                    builder.AllowAnyOrigin().AllowAnyHeader().AllowAnyMethod().AllowCredentials().Build();
                });
            });

            //Connect Database
            services.AddDbContext<ApplicationDbContext>(options => options.UseSqlServer(Configuration.GetConnectionString("DefaultConnection")));


            //specify the use of identity framework
            services.AddIdentity<IdentityUser, IdentityRole>(options => {
                options.Password.RequireDigit = true;
                options.Password.RequiredLength = 6;
                options.User.RequireUniqueEmail = true;
                options.Lockout.DefaultLockoutTimeSpan = TimeSpan.FromMinutes(3);
                options.Lockout.MaxFailedAccessAttempts = 7;
             
            }).AddEntityFrameworkStores<ApplicationDbContext>().AddDefaultTokenProviders();

            //config strongly typed settings object
            var appSettingsSection = Configuration.GetSection("AppSettings");
            services.Configure<AppSettings>(appSettingsSection);

            var appSettings = appSettingsSection.Get<AppSettings>();
            var key = Encoding.ASCII.GetBytes(appSettings.Secret);

            //JWT auth middleware
            services.AddAuthentication(o =>
            {
                o.DefaultChallengeScheme = JwtBearerDefaults.AuthenticationScheme;
                o.DefaultSignInScheme = JwtBearerDefaults.AuthenticationScheme;
                o.DefaultAuthenticateScheme = JwtBearerDefaults.AuthenticationScheme;
            }).AddJwtBearer(JwtBearerDefaults.AuthenticationScheme, options =>
            {
                options.TokenValidationParameters = new TokenValidationParameters
                {
                    ValidateIssuerSigningKey = true,
                    ValidateIssuer = true,
                    ValidateAudience = true,
                    ValidIssuer = appSettings.Site,
                    ValidAudience = appSettings.Audience,
                    IssuerSigningKey = new SymmetricSecurityKey(key)
                };
            });
            services.AddAuthorization(options =>
            {
                options.AddPolicy("RequireLoggedIn", policy => policy.RequireRole("Admin").RequireAuthenticatedUser());
                options.AddPolicy("RequireAdministratorRole", policy => policy.RequireRole("Admin").RequireAuthenticatedUser());
            });
        }

        // This method gets called by the runtime. Use this method to configure the HTTP request pipeline.
        public void Configure(IApplicationBuilder app, IHostingEnvironment env, UserSeed seeds)
        {
           
            if (env.IsDevelopment())
            {
                app.UseDeveloperExceptionPage();
            }
            else
            {
                app.UseExceptionHandler("/Error");
                // The default HSTS value is 30 days. You may want to change this for production scenarios, see https://aka.ms/aspnetcore-hsts.
                app.UseHsts();
            }
            app.UseCors("EnableCORS");
            app.UseHttpsRedirection();
            app.UseStaticFiles();
            app.UseSpaStaticFiles();
            seeds.SeedUser();
            app.UseMvc(routes =>
            {
                routes.MapRoute(
                    name: "default",
                    template: "{controller}/{action=Index}/{id?}");
            });

            app.UseSpa(spa =>
            {
                // To learn more about options for serving an Angular SPA from ASP.NET Core,
                // see https://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?linkid=864501

                spa.Options.SourcePath = "ClientApp";

                if (env.IsDevelopment())
                {
                    spa.UseAngularCliServer(npmScript: "start");
                }
            });
           
        }
    }
}