.NET Core Web Applications - Static Files - Serve Static Files from any other directory

Startup.cs

// Startup.cs
public class Startup
{
    // some other code...
    
    public void Configure(IApplicationBuilder app, IWebHostEnvironment env)
    {
        if (env.IsDevelopment())
        {
            app.UseDeveloperExceptionPage();
        }
        else
        {
            app.UseExceptionHandler("/Home/Error");
            app.UseHsts();
        }
        app.UseHttpsRedirection();
        
        // To Server CSS, JS from {CONTENT-ROOT}/WWWROOT
        app.UseStaticFiles();
        
        // To Serve images from {CONTENT-ROOT}/Images
        app.UseStaticFiles(new StaticFileOptions
        {
            // physical path for the files accessed using /StaticFiles/ token
            FileProvider = new PhysicalFileProvider(Path.Combine(env.ContentRootPath, "Images")),
            
            // This is the relative path from URL
            RequestPath = "/StaticFiles"
        });

        app.UseRouting();

        app.UseAuthorization();

        app.UseEndpoints(endpoints =>
        {
            endpoints.MapControllerRoute(
                name: "default",
                pattern: "{controller=Home}/{action=Index}/{id?}");
        });
    }
}

// In File /home/index.cshtml, add img tag to access resource
// <img src="~/StaticFiles/some-image.jpg"/>