How do I create a ClaimsIdentity object for Asp.NET MVC 5?

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I am working in a .NET MVC 5 application. I do not want to use Entity Framework. I want to authenticate to a RavenDB database. It looks to me that I want to replace the `UserManager` that comes with the Account Controller. I think I can rewrite all the UserManager functions to work with my database, except I don't understand the `ClaimsIdentity` object. In the `SignInAsync` method, there is a call to `UserManager.CreateIdentityAsync(...)`. I know it returns a `ClaimsIdentity` object. What I don't know is how to create a ClaimsIdentity object on my own. I see that it has 4 properties `Actor`, `BootstrapContext`, `Claims` and `Label`. I don't know what these properties are used for, and I don't know how to properly generate them. I assume generating them correctly is important since it is how the authentication cookie is made. I looked at the explanation of the ClaimsIdentity object here, but that didn't really help me understand. If I could see the code for `CreateIdentityAsync()`, tha…

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Perhaps the following link can help:

```
var claims = new List<Claim>();
claims.Add(new Claim(ClaimTypes.Name, "Brock"));
claims.Add(new Claim(ClaimTypes.Email, "brockallen@gmail.com"));
var id = new ClaimsIdentity(claims,DefaultAuthenticationTypes.ApplicationCookie);

var ctx = Request.GetOwinContext();
var authenticationManager = ctx.Authentication;
authenticationManager.SignIn(id);
```

How do I create a ClaimsIdentity object for Asp.NET MVC 5?

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