How to use EF6 with ASP.NET Core 1

You can use Entity Framework 6 with ASP.Net Core 1.0. An example application can be found on Github.

In order to make it work, you have to follow the instructions from the repo (below I paste the crucial parts, but I encourage you to check the ones from repository):

Inside project.json:

• Remove netcoreapp1.0 from the target frameworks and add net451.
• Remove everything EF Core and add Migrator.EF6.Tools + EF6 to your dependencies

Inside Startup.cs:

• Remove everything EF Core related.
• Simply add your db context to services: services.AddScoped<ApplicationDbContext>();

Next:

Remove the "Migrations" or the "Data/Migrations" folder that EF Core generated.

And finally:

dotnet ef migrations enable
dotnet ef migrations add InitialCreate
dotnet ef database update

Note that you can use another project called MR.AspNet.Identity.EntityFramework6 to bridge Asp.Net Core Identity with Entity Framework 6.