Putting this here, so it might help someone else in the future! Couldn't find an example for version 5 of ASP.NET Core - the number of breaking changes in ASP.NET Core is incredible, and a big negative for the framework when looking to integrate 3rd party services such as logging & IOC. Steps: 1. Add nuGet packages: Autofac Autofac.Extensions.DependencyInjection 2. Update Program.cs file to add AutoFac Factory: Highlighted the import part in Red : 3. Update Startup.cs file to add AutoFac container configuration: Highlighted the import part in Red : IRegisterService & IRegisterHub are interfaces I created for easy registration with AutoFac.