Skoruba Duende IdentityServer Admin

Modern administration UI for Duende IdentityServer and ASP.NET Core Identity

Manage IdentityServer clients and resources, ASP.NET Core Identity users and roles, configuration health, auditing, and security from one modern interface.

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Important

Version 3.0.0 is here 🚀

Version 3.0.0 is the stable release of Skoruba Duende IdentityServer Admin. It delivers a completely redesigned administration experience built with React, TypeScript, Tailwind CSS, shadcn/ui, and .NET 10.

See the roadmap and changelog for release history and upcoming features.

Highlights

	Area	Highlights
🧭	New Admin UI	React, TypeScript, Tailwind CSS, and shadcn/ui
⚙️	Modern backend	.NET 10 and Duende IdentityServer 7.4.7
📊	Monitoring	Dashboards, configuration rules, and issue tracking
🧙	Client management	Improved workflows and guided client creation wizard
🔐	Authentication	Passkey support in STS Identity
🧩	Mapping	Mapperly-based mapping pipeline and customization points
🛡️	Security	Hardened audit logging and stronger validation
🧪	Quality	Expanded Playwright UI, Admin API, STS, repository, and audit test coverage

Administration UI Preview
Prerequisites
Installation via dotnet new Template
Quick Start – Local Development
Running via Docker
EF Core & Data Access
Authentication & Authorization
Azure Key Vault Integration
Logging
Audit Logging
External Authentication Providers
Email Service
Health Checks
Localization
API & Swagger
STS Configuration
Identity Mapping Customization
Solution Overview
Roadmap & Changelog
License
Acknowledgements
Contact & Support

Administration UI Preview

Explore the redesigned administration experience, built with Tailwind CSS and shadcn/ui components.

🌙 Dashboard (Dark)

🧙‍♂️ Client Creation – Wizard Flow

💼 Client Management

📡 Monitoring

Define and track configuration rules for clients, API resources, and identity resources:

Flag deprecated OAuth 2.1 flows
Enforce required scopes
Validate naming conventions
Warn about expired client secrets

🧱 Configuration Rules

🧩 Configuration Issues

Solution Structure

✅ Prerequisites

.NET 10 SDK
Node.js 18+ and npm (required for the React client)
SQL Server (default LocalDB) or PostgreSQL
Duende IdentityServer 7.4.7

Note: Using older .NET versions may cause 502.5 errors on IIS or application startup failures.

📦 Installation via dotnet new Template

🔒 Database note:
This template includes default EF migrations. Review them and back up your database before applying.

ℹ️ Migration note from IdentityServer4.Admin:
The UserSecretsId for Admin, Admin API, and STS projects remains the same as in the older Skoruba.IdentityServer4.Admin solution to ease config migration. If you still have secrets from the old project on your machine, they will be reused (e.g., ApplySeed could point at your old DB). Change or clear user secrets if you need isolation.

1. Install the template

dotnet new install Skoruba.Duende.IdentityServer.Admin.Templates::3.0.0

2. Create a new project

dotnet new skoruba.duende.isadmin \
  --name MyProject \
  --title MyProject \
  --adminemail "admin@example.com" \
  --adminpassword "Passw0rd-123" \
  --adminrole MyRole \
  --adminclientid MyClientId \
  --adminclientsecret MyClientSecret \
  --dockersupport true \
  --requirepushedauthorization true

Template Options

Option	Description
`--name`	Project name
`--title`	Admin UI title and footer text
`--adminemail`	Initial admin email
`--adminpassword`	Initial admin password
`--adminrole`	Role name used for admin authorization
`--adminclientid`	Client ID for the Admin UI OIDC client
`--adminclientsecret`	Client secret for the Admin UI OIDC client
`--dockersupport`	Include Docker support (`true` / `false`)
`--requirepushedauthorization`	Require PAR for admin client (`true` / `false`, default `true`). Note: PAR requires Duende IdentityServer Business Edition or higher. More info

🚀 Quick Start – Local Development

Note: This section is for developers who want to clone and contribute to the repository. If you want to use the template, see the section above.

The solution contains three runnable services:

Service	Project	Purpose
STS	`Skoruba.Duende.IdentityServer.STS.Identity`	IdentityServer + authentication
Admin API	`Skoruba.Duende.IdentityServer.Admin.Api`	REST API backend
Admin UI	`Skoruba.Duende.IdentityServer.Admin`	SPA host

1. Clone the repository

git clone https://github.com/skoruba/Duende.IdentityServer.Admin
cd Duende.IdentityServer.Admin

2. Install React dependencies (first run only)

cd src/Skoruba.Duende.IdentityServer.Admin.UI.Client
npm install
cd ../..

3. Run the services

Open three terminals and run:

# Terminal 1: STS (IdentityServer)
cd src/Skoruba.Duende.IdentityServer.STS.Identity
dotnet run

# Terminal 2: Admin API
cd src/Skoruba.Duende.IdentityServer.Admin.Api
dotnet run

# Terminal 3: Admin UI Host
cd src/Skoruba.Duende.IdentityServer.Admin
dotnet run

4. Default local URLs

Service	URL
STS	https://localhost:44310
Admin API	https://localhost:44302
Admin UI	Check console output (usually https://localhost:7127)

By default, database migrations and seed data are enabled in Admin API (ApplyDatabaseMigrations, ApplySeed).

🐳 Running via Docker (Optional)

Tip: For the fastest onboarding, use the dotnet run approach above. Docker requires custom domain and certificates.

DNS Configuration

Update your hosts file to resolve skoruba.local:

Windows: C:\Windows\System32\drivers\etc\hosts
Linux / macOS: /etc/hosts

127.0.0.1 skoruba.local sts.skoruba.local admin.skoruba.local admin-api.skoruba.local

Certificates Setup

Use mkcert to generate self-signed local certificates.

Windows

cd shared/nginx/certs
mkcert --install
copy $env:LOCALAPPDATA\mkcert\rootCA-key.pem ./cacerts.pem
copy $env:LOCALAPPDATA\mkcert\rootCA.pem ./cacerts.crt

# Generate skoruba.local certificates
mkcert -cert-file skoruba.local.crt -key-file skoruba.local.key skoruba.local *.skoruba.local
mkcert -pkcs12 skoruba.local.pfx skoruba.local *.skoruba.local

macOS / Linux

cd shared/nginx/certs
mkcert -install

# Copy root certificates (adjust paths for your system)
# macOS: ~/Library/Application\ Support/mkcert/
# Linux: ~/.local/share/mkcert/
cp "$(mkcert -CAROOT)/rootCA-key.pem" ./cacerts.pem
cp "$(mkcert -CAROOT)/rootCA.pem" ./cacerts.crt

# Generate skoruba.local certificates
mkcert -cert-file skoruba.local.crt -key-file skoruba.local.key skoruba.local *.skoruba.local
mkcert -pkcs12 skoruba.local.pfx skoruba.local *.skoruba.local

Run Docker Compose

docker-compose build
docker-compose up -d

Docker setup is based on bravecobra's repository – thanks! 😊

Docker Images

Docker images are available on Docker Hub.

To publish images, check build/publish-docker-images.ps1 and update the profile name.

🗄️ EF Core & Data Access

DbContexts

The solution uses the following DbContext classes:

AdminIdentityDbContext – ASP.NET Core Identity data
AdminLogDbContext – Logging data
IdentityServerConfigurationDbContext – IdentityServer configuration store
IdentityServerPersistedGrantDbContext – IdentityServer operational store
AuditLoggingDbContext – Audit logging
IdentityServerDataProtectionDbContext – Data protection keys
AdminConfigurationDbContext – Admin configuration and monitoring (added in v3.0.0)

Database Providers

SQL Server (default)
PostgreSQL

Switch providers in appsettings.json:

"DatabaseProviderConfiguration": {
  "ProviderType": "SqlServer"
}

Connection String Examples

SQL Server (LocalDB):

Data Source=(LocalDb)\\MSSQLLocalDB;database=DuendeIdentityServerAdmin;trusted_connection=yes;

PostgreSQL:

Server=localhost;Port=5432;Database=DuendeIdentityServerAdmin;User Id=sa;Password=#;

Running Entity Framework Migrations

Note: Initial migrations are included in the repository.

Use the PowerShell script in build/add-migrations.ps1:

.\add-migrations.ps1 -migration DbInit -migrationProviderName SqlServer

Arguments:

--migration – Migration name
--migrationProviderName – Provider type (choices: All, SqlServer, PostgreSQL)

Seed Data

Seed data is configured in:

identityserverdata.json – IdentityServer clients and resources
identitydata.json – ASP.NET Core Identity users and roles

Enable seeding via:

Option 1: Command line

dotnet run /seed

Option 2: Configuration (appsettings.json)

"SeedConfiguration": {
  "ApplySeed": true
},
"DatabaseMigrationsConfiguration": {
  "ApplyDatabaseMigrations": true
}

🔐 Authentication & Authorization

Admin policy: AuthorizationConsts.AdministrationPolicy
Required role configured in AdministrationRole (appsettings.json)
Admin UI authenticates via OIDC against STS
Admin UI calls Admin API using client credentials

Configuration in appsettings.json:

"AdministrationRole": "SkorubaIdentityAdminAdministrator"

🔑 Azure Key Vault Integration

Azure Key Vault supports:

Configuration secrets
Data Protection keys
IdentityServer signing certificates

Configuration

"AzureKeyVaultConfiguration": {
  "AzureKeyVaultEndpoint": "https://your-vault.vault.azure.net/",
  "ReadConfigurationFromKeyVault": true,
  "ClientId": "",
  "ClientSecret": "",
  "UseClientCredentials": true
}

For Azure App Service: Only specify AzureKeyVaultEndpoint.
Outside Azure: Use client credentials (register app in Azure Portal).

Data Protection

"DataProtectionConfiguration": {
  "ProtectKeysWithAzureKeyVault": true
},
"AzureKeyVaultConfiguration": {
  "DataProtectionKeyIdentifier": "https://your-vault.vault.azure.net/keys/dataprotection"
}

IdentityServer Signing Certificate

"AzureKeyVaultConfiguration": {
  "IdentityServerCertificateName": "IdentityServerSigningCert"
}

📝 Logging

Uses Serilog with the following sinks (configured in serilog.json):

Console
File
MSSqlServer
Seq

Example configuration:

{
  "Serilog": {
    "MinimumLevel": {
      "Default": "Error",
      "Override": {
        "Skoruba": "Information"
      }
    },
    "WriteTo": [
      {
        "Name": "Console"
      },
      {
        "Name": "File",
        "Args": {
          "path": "log.txt",
          "rollingInterval": "Day"
        }
      },
      {
        "Name": "MSSqlServer",
        "Args": {
          "connectionString": "...",
          "tableName": "Log"
        }
      }
    ]
  }
}

📊 Audit Logging

Integrated via skoruba/AuditLogging.

Configuration in appsettings.json:

"AuditLoggingConfiguration": {
  "Source": "IdentityServer.Admin.Web",
  "SubjectIdentifierClaim": "sub",
  "SubjectNameClaim": "name",
  "IncludeFormVariables": false
}

Audit logs are stored in the AuditLog table.

Usage example:

await AuditEventLogger.LogEventAsync(new ClientDeletedEvent(client));

🔌 External Authentication Providers

Configure external providers in STS (appsettings.json):

"ExternalProvidersConfiguration": {
  "UseGitHubProvider": false,
  "GitHubClientId": "",
  "GitHubClientSecret": "",
  "UseAzureAdProvider": false,
  "AzureAdClientId": "",
  "AzureAdTenantId": "",
  "AzureInstance": "https://login.microsoftonline.com/",
  "AzureAdSecret": "",
  "AzureAdCallbackPath": "/signin-oidc",
  "AzureDomain": ""
}

Supported providers:

GitHub
Azure AD
Any provider via aspnet-contrib/AspNet.Security.OAuth.Providers

Azure AD setup guide:
Quickstart: Sign in users in ASP.NET Core web apps

📧 Email Service

SendGrid

"SendgridConfiguration": {
  "ApiKey": "",
  "SourceEmail": "",
  "SourceName": ""
}

SMTP

"SmtpConfiguration": {
  "From": "",
  "Host": "",
  "Login": "",
  "Password": ""
}

🏥 Health Checks

All services expose a /health endpoint for monitoring:

Admin UI: https://localhost:7127/health
Admin API: https://localhost:44302/health
STS: https://localhost:44310/health

Checks include:

Database connectivity
IdentityServer availability

🌍 Localization

Translations are stored in /i18n.

Currently supported:

English

Contributing translations:
Feel free to submit a PR with your translation! 😊

🧪 API & Swagger

Swagger UI is available at:

https://localhost:44302/swagger

Configuration (appsettings.json):

"AdminApiConfiguration": {
  "IdentityServerBaseUrl": "https://localhost:44310",
  "OidcSwaggerUIClientId": "skoruba_identity_admin_api_swaggerui",
  "OidcApiName": "skoruba_identity_admin_api"
}

⚙️ STS Configuration

Login Method

Choose between Username or Email login:

"LoginConfiguration": {
  "ResolutionPolicy": "Username"
}

User Registration

Enable or disable user registration:

"RegisterConfiguration": {
  "Enabled": true
}

🧩 Identity Mapping Customization

Identity DTO/entity mapping in Skoruba.Duende.IdentityServer.Admin.BusinessLogic.Identity is handled by IdentityDataMapper.

By default:

Standard ASP.NET Core Identity fields are mapped explicitly.
Additional custom fields are mapped automatically when DTO and entity use the same property name and compatible type.
Internal Identity fields (PasswordHash, SecurityStamp, ConcurrencyStamp, NormalizedUserName, NormalizedEmail) are protected during DTO -> entity updates.

1. Same-name custom properties

If your custom UserDto / RoleDto and IdentityUser / IdentityRole share the same custom property name, no extra configuration is needed.

2. Different property names (customizers)

When names differ, implement customizers and register them in DI:

services
    .AddAdminAspNetIdentityServices<...>()
    .AddIdentityUserMappingCustomizer<ApplicationUserDto, ApplicationUser, ApplicationUserMappingCustomizer>()
    .AddIdentityRoleMappingCustomizer<ApplicationRoleDto, ApplicationRole, ApplicationRoleMappingCustomizer>();

Customizers implement:

IIdentityUserMappingCustomizer<TUserDto, TUser>
IIdentityRoleMappingCustomizer<TRoleDto, TRole>

If your custom user DTO exposes additional audit-sensitive fields, also implement IIdentityUserAuditSanitizer<TUserDto> on the user mapping customizer. The built-in audit sanitizer always redacts PasswordHash, SecurityStamp, and ConcurrencyStamp by property name.

3. Full mapper override

If you need full control, replace the default IIdentityDataMapper<...> registration in DI with your own implementation after calling AddAdminAspNetIdentityServices. Custom mapper implementations do not need to implement audit sanitization for backward compatibility, but they can implement IIdentityAuditDataMapper<TUserDto, TUsersDto> when they need custom audit redaction. Without it, audit logging falls back to the built-in redaction for PasswordHash, SecurityStamp, and ConcurrencyStamp.

📚 Solution Overview

The solution contains unit and integration tests for all major components.

STS

Skoruba.Duende.IdentityServer.STS.Identity – IdentityServer with ASP.NET Core Identity

Admin API

Skoruba.Duende.IdentityServer.Admin.Api – REST API with Swagger

Admin UI

Skoruba.Duende.IdentityServer.Admin – .NET host
Skoruba.Duende.IdentityServer.Admin.UI – UI services
Skoruba.Duende.IdentityServer.Admin.UI.Spa – Precompiled React assets
Skoruba.Duende.IdentityServer.Admin.UI.Client – React source code

Business Logic

Skoruba.Duende.IdentityServer.Admin.BusinessLogic – IdentityServer DTOs, services, repositories
Skoruba.Duende.IdentityServer.Admin.BusinessLogic.Identity – Identity DTOs, services, repositories
Skoruba.Duende.IdentityServer.Admin.BusinessLogic.Shared – Shared logic

Entity Framework

Skoruba.Duende.IdentityServer.Admin.EntityFramework – Core EF entities
Skoruba.Duende.IdentityServer.Admin.EntityFramework.Configuration – Entity configurations
Skoruba.Duende.IdentityServer.Admin.EntityFramework.Extensions – EF extensions
Skoruba.Duende.IdentityServer.Admin.EntityFramework.Identity – Identity repositories
Skoruba.Duende.IdentityServer.Admin.EntityFramework.Shared – DbContexts
Skoruba.Duende.IdentityServer.Admin.EntityFramework.SqlServer – SQL Server migrations
Skoruba.Duende.IdentityServer.Admin.EntityFramework.PostgreSQL – PostgreSQL migrations

Shared

Skoruba.Duende.IdentityServer.Shared – Shared DTOs
Skoruba.Duende.IdentityServer.Shared.Configuration – Shared configuration

Tests

Skoruba.Duende.IdentityServer.Admin.UnitTests – Unit tests
Skoruba.Duende.IdentityServer.Admin.Api.IntegrationTests – API integration tests
Skoruba.Duende.IdentityServer.STS.IntegrationTests – STS integration tests
Skoruba.Duende.IdentityServer.Admin.UI.Client.IntegrationTests – Playwright UI integration tests (OIDC login flow + Admin UI assertions)

UI Integration Tests (Playwright)

The UI E2E test project is located in:

tests/Skoruba.Duende.IdentityServer.Admin.UI.Client.IntegrationTests

To run it:

cd tests/Skoruba.Duende.IdentityServer.Admin.UI.Client.IntegrationTests
npm install
npx playwright install chromium
npm test

Default expected runtime services:

STS: https://localhost:44310
Admin API: https://localhost:44302
Admin UI host:
- Kestrel-hosted app: https://localhost:7127
- Vite dev server / default E2E_ADMIN_URL for Playwright: https://localhost:50445

Important: The seeded OIDC client redirect URIs and CORS origins in src/Skoruba.Duende.IdentityServer.Admin.Api/identityserverdata.json use https://localhost:50445 by default. If you run the Admin UI on https://localhost:7127 instead, update the client configuration (or the Playwright E2E_ADMIN_URL) so redirects and CORS validation continue to work.

The tests load credentials and expected client data from seed files:

src/Skoruba.Duende.IdentityServer.Admin.Api/identitydata.json
src/Skoruba.Duende.IdentityServer.Admin.Api/identityserverdata.json

🚦 Roadmap & Changelog

For detailed release history and upcoming features, see CHANGELOG.md.

Upcoming releases:

3.1.0

Add support for importing/exporting IdentityServer data in JSON format (20)

4.0.0

DTO refactoring
Removal of FluentAssertions
Additional translations for the Admin UI

5.0.0

Claims management UI (#22)
Identity management improvements – added options for loading a custom Identity schema

6.0.0

Minimal API rewrite (Vertical Slice Architecture)

📜 License

This repository is licensed under Apache License 2.0.

Duende IdentityServer License

Duende IdentityServer is available under both a FOSS (RPL) and commercial license.

For production environments, you need a specific license. More info:
https://duendesoftware.com/products/identityserver#pricing

This repository uses source code from:
https://github.com/DuendeSoftware/IdentityServer.Quickstart.UI
Licensed under: https://github.com/DuendeSoftware/IdentityServer.Quickstart.UI/blob/main/LICENSE

🙏 Acknowledgements

Thanks to:

Tomáš Hübelbauer for initial code review
Dominick Baier and Brock Allen – creators of Duende IdentityServer
All contributors 👍

📧 Contact & Support

Author: Jan Škoruba
Email: jan@skoruba.com

Feedback is welcome! Feel free to create an issue or send me an email. Thank you! ☺️

Support & Donations

If you like this project, you can support me:

GitHub Sponsors: https://github.com/sponsors/skoruba
PayPal: https://www.paypal.me/skoruba
Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/skoruba

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