Unable to get Session working ASP - asp.net

Question

Using VS 2015 with beta 7 of MVC 6 I am having issues getting Session configured for use in my web application.
When I create a new ASP.NET Web Application project I choose the Web Application ASP.NET 5 Preview Template.
I then edited the Startup.cs by adding the following line:
services.AddCaching();
I then added the following line:
services.AddSession();
At that point the editor prompted me to add a reference to this depencency:
"Microsoft.AspNet.Session": "1.0.0-beta8"
After doing so I get the following errors:
Error CS7069 Reference to type 'IConfigurationProvider' claims it is defined in 'Microsoft.Framework.Configuration.Abstractions', but it could not be found WebApplication1.DNX 4.5.1 c:\users\texasmike\documents\visual studio 2015\Projects\SessionTesting\src\WebApplication1\Startup.cs 29
Error CS7069 Reference to type 'IConfigurationProvider' claims it is defined in 'Microsoft.Framework.Configuration.Abstractions', but it could not be found WebApplication1.DNX Core 5.0 c:\users\texasmike\documents\visual studio 2015\Projects\SessionTesting\src\WebApplication1\Startup.cs 29
I have attempted a thorough search but haven't found any answers.
Here is the complete Startup.cs:
using Microsoft.AspNet.Authentication.Facebook;
using Microsoft.AspNet.Authentication.MicrosoftAccount;
using Microsoft.AspNet.Builder;
using Microsoft.AspNet.Diagnostics.Entity;
using Microsoft.AspNet.Hosting;
using Microsoft.AspNet.Identity.EntityFramework;
using Microsoft.Data.Entity;
using Microsoft.Dnx.Runtime;
using Microsoft.Framework.Configuration;
using Microsoft.Framework.DependencyInjection;
using Microsoft.Framework.Logging;
using WebApplication1.Models;
using WebApplication1.Services;
namespace WebApplication1
{
public class Startup
{
public Startup(IHostingEnvironment env, IApplicationEnvironment appEnv)
{
// Setup configuration sources.
var builder = new ConfigurationBuilder(appEnv.ApplicationBasePath)
.AddJsonFile("config.json")
.AddJsonFile($"config.{env.EnvironmentName}.json", optional: true);
if (env.IsDevelopment())
{
// This reads the configuration keys from the secret store.
// For more details on using the user secret store see http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkID=532709
builder.AddUserSecrets();
}
builder.AddEnvironmentVariables();
Configuration = builder.Build();
}
public IConfigurationRoot Configuration { get; set; }
// This method gets called by the runtime. Use this method to add services to the container.
public void ConfigureServices(IServiceCollection services)
{
// Add Entity Framework services to the services container.
services.AddEntityFramework()
.AddSqlServer()
.AddDbContext<ApplicationDbContext>(options =>
options.UseSqlServer(Configuration["Data:DefaultConnection:ConnectionString"]));
// Add Identity services to the services container.
services.AddIdentity<ApplicationUser, IdentityRole>()
.AddEntityFrameworkStores<ApplicationDbContext>()
.AddDefaultTokenProviders();
// Configure the options for the authentication middleware.
// You can add options for Google, Twitter and other middleware as shown below.
// For more information see http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkID=532715
services.Configure<FacebookAuthenticationOptions>(options =>
{
options.AppId = Configuration["Authentication:Facebook:AppId"];
options.AppSecret = Configuration["Authentication:Facebook:AppSecret"];
});
services.Configure<MicrosoftAccountAuthenticationOptions>(options =>
{
options.ClientId = Configuration["Authentication:MicrosoftAccount:ClientId"];
options.ClientSecret = Configuration["Authentication:MicrosoftAccount:ClientSecret"];
});
// Add MVC services to the services container.
services.AddMvc();
// Uncomment the following line to add Web API services which makes it easier to port Web API 2 controllers.
// You will also need to add the Microsoft.AspNet.Mvc.WebApiCompatShim package to the 'dependencies' section of project.json.
// services.AddWebApiConventions();
// Register application services.
services.AddTransient<IEmailSender, AuthMessageSender>();
services.AddTransient<ISmsSender, AuthMessageSender>();
// Caching
services.AddCaching();
// Session
services.AddSession();
}
// Configure is called after ConfigureServices is called.
public void Configure(IApplicationBuilder app, IHostingEnvironment env, ILoggerFactory loggerFactory)
{
loggerFactory.MinimumLevel = LogLevel.Information;
loggerFactory.AddConsole();
loggerFactory.AddDebug();
// Configure the HTTP request pipeline.
// Add the following to the request pipeline only in development environment.
if (env.IsDevelopment())
{
app.UseBrowserLink();
app.UseErrorPage();
app.UseDatabaseErrorPage(DatabaseErrorPageOptions.ShowAll);
}
else
{
// Add Error handling middleware which catches all application specific errors and
// sends the request to the following path or controller action.
app.UseErrorHandler("/Home/Error");
}
// Add static files to the request pipeline.
app.UseStaticFiles();
// Add cookie-based authentication to the request pipeline.
app.UseIdentity();
// Add authentication middleware to the request pipeline. You can configure options such as Id and Secret in the ConfigureServices method.
// For more information see http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkID=532715
// app.UseFacebookAuthentication();
// app.UseGoogleAuthentication();
// app.UseMicrosoftAccountAuthentication();
// app.UseTwitterAuthentication();
// Add MVC to the request pipeline.
app.UseMvc(routes =>
{
routes.MapRoute(
name: "default",
template: "{controller=Home}/{action=Index}/{id?}");
// Uncomment the following line to add a route for porting Web API 2 controllers.
// routes.MapWebApiRoute("DefaultApi", "api/{controller}/{id?}");
});
}
}
}
Here is the complete project.json:
{
"webroot": "wwwroot",
"userSecretsId": "aspnet5-WebApplication1-36d27e1d-a781-4628-91dc-8a80cb46fd14",
"version": "1.0.0-*",
"dependencies": {
"EntityFramework.Commands": "7.0.0-beta7",
"EntityFramework.SqlServer": "7.0.0-beta7",
"Microsoft.AspNet.Authentication.Cookies": "1.0.0-beta7",
"Microsoft.AspNet.Authentication.Facebook": "1.0.0-beta7",
"Microsoft.AspNet.Authentication.Google": "1.0.0-beta7",
"Microsoft.AspNet.Authentication.MicrosoftAccount": "1.0.0-beta7",
"Microsoft.AspNet.Authentication.Twitter": "1.0.0-beta7",
"Microsoft.AspNet.Diagnostics": "1.0.0-beta7",
"Microsoft.AspNet.Diagnostics.Entity": "7.0.0-beta7",
"Microsoft.AspNet.Identity.EntityFramework": "3.0.0-beta7",
"Microsoft.AspNet.Mvc": "6.0.0-beta7",
"Microsoft.AspNet.Mvc.TagHelpers": "6.0.0-beta7",
"Microsoft.AspNet.Server.IIS": "1.0.0-beta7",
"Microsoft.AspNet.Server.WebListener": "1.0.0-beta7",
"Microsoft.AspNet.Session": "1.0.0-beta8",
"Microsoft.AspNet.StaticFiles": "1.0.0-beta7",
"Microsoft.AspNet.Tooling.Razor": "1.0.0-beta7",
"Microsoft.Framework.Configuration.Abstractions": "1.0.0-beta7",
"Microsoft.Framework.Configuration.Json": "1.0.0-beta7",
"Microsoft.Framework.Configuration.UserSecrets": "1.0.0-beta7",
"Microsoft.Framework.Logging": "1.0.0-beta7",
"Microsoft.Framework.Logging.Console": "1.0.0-beta7",
"Microsoft.Framework.Logging.Debug": "1.0.0-beta7",
"Microsoft.VisualStudio.Web.BrowserLink.Loader": "14.0.0-beta7"
},
"commands": {
"web": "Microsoft.AspNet.Hosting --config hosting.ini",
"ef": "EntityFramework.Commands"
},
"frameworks": {
"dnx451": { },
"dnxcore50": { }
},
"exclude": [
"wwwroot",
"node_modules",
"bower_components"
],
"publishExclude": [
"node_modules",
"bower_components",
"**.xproj",
"**.user",
"**.vspscc"
],
"scripts": {
"prepublish": [ "npm install", "bower install", "gulp clean", "gulp min" ]
}
}