How do I target another database with Audit.Net - Audit.EntityFramework.Core

坚强是说给别人听的谎言 提交于 2020-01-05 07:55:08

问题


I'm trying to implement the Audit.EntityFramework.Core package from the Audit.Net repository but am running into some difficulty. I'm unable to save changes or target a different database. I've modified my SaveChanges and SaveChangesAsync function to call the Audit.Net DbContextHelper class's save functions but I'm missing something.

Is there a way to do the following?

  1. Target another database for storing audit data using an audit DbContext that inherits from the DbContext I'm trying to audit?
    public class MyDbContext : DbContext {} //Types defined here
    public class AuditDbContext : MyDbContext {} //This context stores audit data into a different DB
    
  2. Not require mapping between the type and its audited type when setting up a global connection? (I'm trying to avoid calling AuditTypeMapper explicitly for each type with a model that's currently undergoing a lot of change).
    //MyDbContext has different connection string than AuditDbContext
    Audit.Core.Configuration.Setup()
    .UseEntityFramework(x => x
        .UseDbContext<AuditDbContext>());
    

I've tried code that resembles the following but get runtime errors on SaveChanges that indicate that there is no model set up. Adding a migration for the AuditDbContext didn't help.


回答1:


I figured out what I was trying to do.

My design goals were:

  1. Store audit records in a different database
  2. Have an audit table per type that matches the audited type (with additional audit fields)
  3. Require no upkeep of separate audit entities. Changes between operational DB and audit DB should be seamless

Things I discovered that did not work were:

  1. Creating an audit DbContext that inherited from my operational DbContext doesn't work because the relationships, DBSets, and ID's could not be treated the same way in an audit DB.
  2. Dynamically creating types using reflection over operational types with TypeBuilder doesn't work because Audit.Net casts objects between their operational and audit types and casting from a CLR type to a dynamically created type fails.
  3. Mixing concrete types and EF Core shadow types doesn't work.

Steps Taken

  1. Set up Global Auditing (in main setup code)

    //Global setup of Auditing
    var auditDbCtxOptions = new DbContextOptionsBuilder<MyAuditDbContext>()
        .UseSqlServer(options.AuditDbConnectionString)
        .Options;
    
    Audit.Core.Configuration.Setup()
        .UseEntityFramework(x => x
            .UseDbContext<MyAuditDbContext>(auditDbCtxOptions)
            .AuditTypeNameMapper(typeName => 
            {
                return typeName;
            })
            .AuditEntityAction<AuditInfo>((ev, ent, auditEntity) =>
            {
                auditEntity.DatabaseAction = ent.Action;
            }));
    
  2. Had my audited models inherit from a baseclass AuditInfo

    public abstract class AuditInfo
    {
        public DateTime Created { get; set; }
        public DateTime? Updated { get; set; }
        public string CreatedBy { get; set; }
        public string UpdatedBy { get; set; }
    
        [NotMapped] //This is not mapped on the operational DB
        public string DatabaseAction { get; set; }
    }
    
  3. Created a reflection-based audit schema using a new DbContext and OnModelCreating

    public class MyAuditContext : DbContext
    {
        public MyAuditContext(DbContextOptions<MyAuditContext> options) : base(options)
        {
    
        }
    
        private readonly Type[] AllowedTypes = new Type[] 
        { 
            typeof(bool),
            typeof(int),
            typeof(decimal),
            typeof(string),
            typeof(DateTime),
        };
    
        protected override void OnModelCreating(ModelBuilder modelBuilder)
        {
            Console.WriteLine($"Generating dynamic audit model");
    
            //Go through each of the types in Hsa.Engine.Data.Models
            var asm = Assembly.GetExecutingAssembly();
            var modelTypes = asm.GetTypes()
                .Where(type => type.Namespace == "My.Data.Models.Namespace");
    
            //Create an entity For each type get all the properties on the model
            foreach(var model in modelTypes.Where(t => t.IsClass && !t.IsAbstract && t.BaseType == typeof(AuditInfo)))
            {
                Console.WriteLine($"Creating entity for {model.Name}");
    
                var table = modelBuilder.Entity(model, entity => 
                {
                    //Remove all types from base model, otherwise we get a bunch of noise about foreign keys, etc.
                    foreach(var prop in model.GetProperties())
                    {
                        entity.Ignore(prop.Name);
                    }
    
                    foreach(var prop in model.GetProperties().Where(p => AllowedTypes.Any(t => p.PropertyType.IsAssignableFrom(t))))
                    {
                        Console.WriteLine($"   Adding field: {prop.Name} - Type: {prop.PropertyType.Name}");
                        //Create a typed field for each property, not including ID or foreign key annotations (do include field lengths)
    
                        var dbField = entity.Property(prop.PropertyType, prop.Name);
    
                        if(prop.PropertyType.IsEnum)
                        {
                            dbField.HasConversion<string>();
                        }
    
                        if(dbField.Metadata.IsPrimaryKey())
                        {
                            dbField.ValueGeneratedNever(); //Removes existing model primary keys for the audit DB
                        }
                    }
    
                    //Add audit properties
                    entity.Property<int>("AuditId").IsRequired().UseSqlServerIdentityColumn();
                    entity.Property<DateTime>("AuditDate").HasDefaultValueSql("getdate()");
                    entity.Property<string>("DatabaseAction"); //included on AuditInfo but NotMapped to avoid putting it on the main DB. Added here to ensure it makes it into the audit DB
    
                    entity.HasKey("AuditId");
                    entity.HasIndex("Id");
                    entity.ToTable("Audit_" + model.Name);
                });
            }
    
            base.OnModelCreating(modelBuilder);
        }
    }
    
    
  4. Created a migration for both the primary DB and the Audit DB.

Some people may not need to go to these levels but I wanted to share in case anyone needed something similar when using Audit.Net



来源:https://stackoverflow.com/questions/57780463/how-do-i-target-another-database-with-audit-net-audit-entityframework-core

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