Template & Operations

This section is the task-oriented implementation reference for the .NET Core Application Template. Start with package installation and project generation, then use the generated-application reference for exact runtime behavior.

Get Started

• Install, Generate, and Template Options — install the NuGet template package, create an application, choose supported options, and validate generated output.
• Build, Test, and First Run — clone the repository, restore dependencies, build, test, run the web application, and serve the documentation locally.

Generated Application Reference

• Project Structure
• Configuration
• Middleware Pipeline
• Authentication
• Production Authentication Hardening
• Authorization
• Error Handling
• Logging
• Telemetry
• Security Headers
• Forwarded Headers
• Rate Limiting
• Health Checks
• API Versioning

Data Access

• Data Access Overview
• EF Core Diagnostics
• EF Core Save Pipeline
• Audit Accountability Integration
• DbContext Audit State Isolation
• Durable Audit-Completion Outbox
• Audit Reconciliation and Recovery

Extensibility

• Optional Application and Domain Layers
• Public Surface and Compatibility Boundaries

Deployment & Operations

• Deployment Notes
• Docker Development
• Production Deployment Checklist
• Runtime Readiness

Release & Compatibility

• Build Quality and Reproducibility
• Container Release Publishing
• GitHub Workflow
• AsiBackbone 6.0 Alignment Review

Historical Archive

• v0.5.x to v1.0 Migration Guide — retained at its original URL for preview-release consumers.

Architecture Decision Records and generated API documentation are available as first-class top-level sections of the site.

Documentation Scope

NCAT is authoritative for its template installation, options, generated structure, exact runtime defaults, configuration, middleware order, authentication and authorization behavior, data-access implementation, deployment, extensibility, ADRs, public surface, releases, compatibility, and operational guidance.

Broader architecture education belongs in ASI Backbone Learning. Learning may explain or compare patterns demonstrated by NCAT, but it does not define NCAT runtime contracts. See Documentation Ownership for the cross-repository ownership matrix and contributor routing rules.