Program.cs

using Microsoft.AspNetCore.Authentication.Cookies;
using Microsoft.AspNetCore.Builder;
using Microsoft.EntityFrameworkCore;
using Microsoft.Extensions.DependencyInjection;
using TicketSquad.Database;

var builder = WebApplication.CreateBuilder(args);

// Add services to the container.
builder.Services.AddControllersWithViews();

builder
    .Services.AddAuthentication(CookieAuthenticationDefaults.AuthenticationScheme)
    .AddCookie(options =>
    {
        options.LoginPath = "/auth/login"; // Specify the login path
        options.AccessDeniedPath = "/auth/accessdenied"; // Specify the access denied path
        // Add other cookie options as needed
    });

builder.Services.AddDbContext<AppDBContext>(options =>
    options.UseNpgsql(builder.Configuration.GetConnectionString("DefaultConnection"))
);

builder.Services.AddSession();

var app = builder.Build();

// Configure the HTTP request pipeline.
if (!app.Environment.IsDevelopment())
{
    // app.UseExceptionHandler("/Home/Error");
    // The default HSTS value is 30 days. You may want to change this for production scenarios, see https://aka.ms/aspnetcore-hsts.
    app.UseHsts();
}

app.UseHttpsRedirection();
app.UseStaticFiles();

app.UseSession();
app.UseRouting();

app.UseAuthentication();
app.UseAuthorization();

app.MapControllerRoute(name: "default", pattern: "{controller=Ticket}/{action=Index}/{id?}");

app.Run();