Autofac in web applications, where should I store the container for easy access

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I'm still pretty new to using Autofac and one thing I miss in the documentation and examples is how to make it easy to get to the configured container from different places in a web application.

I know I can use the Autofac controller factory to automatically resolve constructor injected dependencies for controllers, but how about the other stuff you might need to resolve that is not injected yet.

Is there an obvious pattern I am not aware of for this?

Thank you!

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