ASP.NET Identity 2 - UserManager.ConfirmEmail Fails In Production

Question

I\'ve set up OWIN in an ASP.NET MVC app (including email confirmation). When an account is created I get an email containing a link to confirm my email. When I visit the link, I

Answer 1

OK, here are a couple of things to try.

If you have a different domain generates the cookie than does the confirmation, you need to share a machine key between then.

If you are using DpapiDataProtectionProvider() as your provider, you may have a problem in that your app pool name is unknown to you. You have to configure it differently at startup and then use the app pool name that gets set in your options .. somehow! I didnt have to do that because I am using aws and could just set the app pool name. You also have to set the app pool's LoadUserProfile setting to true.

Hope that helps!