Saguaro

An ASP.NET MVC4 starter project for Azure Websites & SQLAzure.

Features include:

• Admin area with user management (using SimpleMembership)
• Activity & Error Logging (per Environment using Azure Table Storage)
• C# Async & Parallel Library
• Simple Environment Management
• SendGrid integration.

Settings

Data Seeding:

Admin account is seeded during first App_Start inside of: InitConfig.InitializeData

WebSecurity.CreateUserAndAccount("admin", "adminPassword");

UserProfile table is generated inside of InitConfig.InitializeData here:

Sql.SeedStatements.CreateUserProfileTableTask();

SQL:

All SQL Statements are run from the Saguaro.Sql namespace

Activity Logs:

Activity logs can store all actions and log types by:

• username
• ip
• time
• activity

You can create more LogTypes/ActivityTypes inside Saguaro.Logging.Types

Default types include platform & activity.

Logs are also appended with the name of the current environment being used during the logging activity: (debug/production).

Example Log Table Names:

• platformlogbyipdebug (platform log by ip debug)
• platformlogbyipproduction (platform log by ip production)
• activitylogbyuserdebug (activity log by user debug)
• activitylogbyuserproduction (activity log by user production)
• etc....

Log reports can be accessed in the_/Admin/Reports route.

Configuration

Environment Name & Storage account information is updated inside Web.Config. Configuration is accessed using the Saguaro.EnvironmentSettings class.

All logging code is within the Saguaro.Logging namespace.

Send Grid & Email Messaging System:

Sendgrid account information is updated inside Web.Config.

Configuration is accessed using the Saguaro.EnvironmentSettings class.

All email messagng code is within the Saguaro.Messaging namespace.

Email variables can be adjusted in the Saguaro.ProjectSettings class

Users are sent a welcome message upon account creation from the /Users/Create controller.

Other Details:

Signout current user from the /SignOut route. You are free to implemnt your own signout within shared views.

Test logging user activity with the /Home/LogDownload route. This will log a 'download' activity by the logged in user.