Dashboard

CAP provides a Dashboard for viewing messages, and features provided by Dashboard make it easy to view and manage messages.

Usage Limit

The Dashboard is only supported for use in ASP.NET Core, Not supported for console application

Enable Dashboard

By default, Dashboard middleware will not be launched. To enable Dashboard functionality you need to add the following code to your configuration:

services.AddCap(x =>
{
    //...

    // Register Dashboard
    x.UseDashboard();
});

By default, you can open the Dashboard by visiting the url http://localhost:xxx/cap.

Dashboard Configuration

• PathMatch

Default ：'/cap'

You can change the path of the Dashboard by modifying this configuration option.

• StatsPollingInterval

Default: 2000ms

This configuration option is used to configure the Dashboard front end to get the polling time of the status interface (/stats).

• UseAuth

Default：false

Enable authentication on dashboard request.

• DefaultAuthenticationScheme

Default scheme used for authentication. If no scheme is set, the DefaultScheme set up in AddAuthentication will be used.

• UseChallengeOnAuth

Default：false

Enable authentication challenge on dashboard request.

• DefaultChallengeScheme

Default scheme used for authentication challenge. If no scheme is set, the DefaultChallengeScheme set up in AddAuthentication will be used.

Custom authentication

From version 5.1.0, Dashboard authorization uses ASP.NET Core style by default and no longer provides custom authorization filters.

During Dashabord authentication, the value will be taken from HttpContext.User?.Identity?.IsAuthenticated. If it is not available, the authentication will fail and the DefaultChallengeScheme will be called (if configured).

You can view the usage details in the sample project Sample.Dashboard.Auth.

services
    .AddAuthorization()
    .AddAuthentication(options =>
    {
        options.DefaultScheme =  CookieAuthenticationDefaults.AuthenticationScheme;
        options.DefaultChallengeScheme = OpenIdConnectDefaults.AuthenticationScheme;
    })
    .AddCookie()
    .AddOpenIdConnect(options =>
    {
        options.Authority = "https://demo.duendesoftware.com/";
        options.ClientId = "interactive.confidential";
        options.ClientSecret = "secret";
        options.ResponseType = "code";
        options.UsePkce = true;

        options.Scope.Clear();
        options.Scope.Add("openid");
        options.Scope.Add("profile");
    })

configuration:

services.AddCap(cap =>
{
    cap.UseDashboard(d =>
    {
        d.UseChallengeOnAuth = true;
        d.DefaultChallengeScheme = OpenIdConnectDefaults.AuthenticationScheme;
    });
}