Configure PostgreSQL Entity Framework for ASP.NET using Npgsql

Install Required Packages

dotnet add package Npgsql.EntityFrameworkCore.PostgreSQL
dotnet add package Microsoft.AspNetCore.Diagnostics.EntityFrameworkCore

Install dotnet-ef

Install it locally or globally.

Local

dotnet new tool-manifest # if you are setting up this repo
dotnet tool install --local dotnet-ef

Global

dotnet tool install --global dotnet-ef
dotnet add package Microsoft.EntityFrameworkCore.Design

Defining a DbContext

using Microsoft.EntityFrameworkCore;

namespace BlazorApp1;

public class AppDbContext : DbContext
{
    public AppDbContext(DbContextOptions<AppDbContext> options)
        : base(options)
    {
    }

    protected override void OnConfiguring(DbContextOptionsBuilder optionsBuilder)
    {
        optionsBuilder.UseNpgsql("Host=localhost;Database=testdb;Username=postgres;Password=12345");
    }

    public DbSet<Person> People { get; set; }
}

public class Person
{
    public int ID { get; set; }
    public string FirstName { get; set; }
    public string LastName { get; set; }
    public int Age { get; set; }
}

Create Migration

dotnet ef migrations add InitialCreate

Apply to Database

dotnet ef database update

or

dotnet ef database update InitialCreate
dotnet ef database update 20180904195021_InitialCreate --connection your_connection_string

Program.cs

builder.Services.AddDbContext<AppDbContext>(options => options.UseNpgsql(builder.Configuration.GetConnectionString("AppDbContext")));
builder.Services.AddDatabaseDeveloperPageExceptionFilter();

References
https://www.npgsql.org/efcore/index.html
https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/aspnet/core/data/ef-rp/intro?view=aspnetcore-6.0&tabs=visual-studio
https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/aspnet/core/data/ef-mvc/migrations?view=aspnetcore-6.0
https://medium.com/executeautomation/asp-net-core-6-0-minimal-api-with-entity-framework-core-69d0c13ba9ab
https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/ef/core/cli/dotnet