Microsoft E5 Auto Renewal

An open-source Python program made using Quart & Uvicorn for automatic renewal of Microsoft's Developer E5 subscription.

📑 INDEX

• ⚙️ Installation
  • Python & Git
  • Download
  • Requirements
• 📝 Variables
• 🕹 Deployment
  • Locally
  • Docker
  • Cyclic
• 🌐 Routes
• ⏰ Cron-Job
• ⛑️ Need help!
• ❤️ Credits & Thanks

⚙️ Installation

1.Install Python & Git:

For Windows:

winget install Python.Python.3.11
winget install Git.Git

For Linux:

sudo apt-get update && sudo apt-get install -y python3.11 git pip

For macOS:

brew install [email protected] git

For Termux:

pkg install python -y
pkg install git -y

2.Download repository:

git clone https://github.com/TheCaduceus/Microsoft-E5-Auto-Renewal.git

3.Change Directory:

cd Microsoft-E5-Auto-Renewal

4.Install requirements:

pip install -r requirements.txt

📝 Variables

The variables provided below should either be completed within the config.py file or configured as environment variables.

• CLIENT_ID|E5_CLIENT_ID: ID of your Azure Active Directory app. str
  • Create an app in Azure Active Directory.
  • Set application permissions:

    Directory.Read.All,
    Directory.ReadWrite.All,
    Files.Read,
    Files.Read.All,
    Files.ReadWrite,
    Files.ReadWrite.All,
    Mail.Read,
    Mail.ReadWrite,
    MailboxSettings.Read,
    MailboxSettings.ReadWrite,
    Sites.Read.All,
    Sites.ReadWrite.All,
    User.Read,
    User.Read.All,
    User.ReadWrite.All
    

  • Choose application type as 'Web' & set Redirect URL to http://localhost:53682/.
  • Copy the Application (client) ID.
• CLIENT_SECRET|E5_CLIENT_SECRET: Secret of your Azure Active Directory app. str
  • In your Azure Active Directory app overview, navigate to Client credentials and create secret.
• REFRESH_TOKEN|E5_REFRESH_TOKEN: Refresh token for your admin account. str
  • In CLI, run:

    python auth.py YourClientID YourClientSecret
    

  • Follow on-screen instructions.
  • From output, copy the value of refresh_token key.
• WEB_APP_PASSWORD|E5_WEB_APP_PASSWORD: Strong password to protect critical routes of your web server. str
  • Keep it strong and don't share it.
• WEB_APP_HOST|E5_WEB_APP_HOST: Bind address of web server. str
  • By default 0.0.0.0 to run on all possible addresses.
• WEB_APP_PORT|PORT: Port for web server to listen to. int
  • By default 8080.
• TIME_DELAY|E5_TIME_DELAY: Time (in seconds) to wait before calling another endpoint. int
  • By default 3 seconds.

🕹 Deployment

1.Running locally: (Best for testing)

python main.py

2.Using Docker: (Recommended)

• Build own Docker image:

docker build -t msft-e5-renewal .

• Run the Docker container:

docker run -p 8080:8080 msft-e5-renewal

3.Deployment on Cyclic: (Easiest & Free)

• Sign-up on Cyclic here.
• Click deployment button given below:
  
• Select main.py as main file and cyclic as branch.
• Switch to 'Variables' tab and set all environment variables (starting with E5_) except PORT given above.
• Click "Connect Cyclic" and it will be deployed automatically.
• Finally, you can create cron-job using your Cyclic app endpoint as mentioned here.

Note

Due to the read-only file system provided by Cyclic, the /logs route is disabled.

🌐 Routes

• / - GET

  Retrieve server statistics in JSON format, including the server version, total received requests, total successful requests, and the total number of errors encountered thus far.

  • Headers:
    • None.
  • Parameters:
    • None.
  • Example:

    curl http://127.0.0.1:8080/

• /call - POST

  Command server to call Microsoft APIs on behalf of a user account.

  • Headers:

    {"Content-Type":"application/json"}

  • Parameters: (as JSON)
    • password (required) - The web app password.
    • client_id (optional) - ID of your Azure Active Directory app. By default provided client ID in config.py.
    • client_secret (optional) - Secret of your Azure Active Directory app. By default provided client secret in config.py.
    • refresh_token (optional) - The refresh token of user account to act behalf of. By default provided refresh token in config.py.
  • Example:

    curl -X POST -H "Content-Type: application/json" -d '{"password":"RequiredPassword", "refresh_token": "OptionalRefreshToken"}' "http://127.0.0.1:8080/call"

• /logs - GET

  Generate download request for current log file.

  • Headers:
    • None.
  • Parameters: (in URL)
    • password (required) - The web app password.
    • as_file (optional) - By default, this parameter is set to False, allowing you to choose whether to send logs as a file with options True or False.
  • Example

    curl -o "event-log.txt" "http://127.0.0.1:8080/logs?password=1234&as_file=True"

⏰ Cron-Job

The Cron-Job will instruct our web server to invoke Microsoft APIs at regular intervals. To ensure proper functionality, the configuration of the cron-job must align with the following settings:

• URL: Your server address, can be an FQDN or an IP address followed by /call.

  • In case of local deployment (private IP), you must setup cron-job on the same local network or reverse DNS.

    https://example.com/call
    http://127.0.0.1:8080/call
    

• Interval: 15 minutes - 8 hours.

  • A too-small interval can lead to API flooding issues.

• Header:

  {"Content-Type":"application/json"}

• Request Method: POST

• Parameters: (as Json)

  • password (required) - Your WEB_APP_PASSWORD to ensure that this request originates from a trusted source.

  • refresh_token (optional) - The refresh token of the user account to act behalf of. By default, the refresh token provided in config.py.

    {
      "password": "RequiredPassword",
      "refresh_token": "OptionalRefreshToken"
    }

⛑️ Need help!

• Ask questions or doubts here.

❤️ Credits & Thanks

Dr.Caduceus: Owner & developer of Microsoft E5 Auto Renewal Tool.