Step-by-Step Guide to Building an Automated Program to Detect and Unlock Apple ID: A Must-Have for Card Selling Websites

Introduction

appleid_auto, an automated Apple ID detection & unlocking program based on security questions.

The front-end is used to manage accounts, supporting the addition of multiple accounts and displaying an account page.

Supports creating sharing pages with multiple accounts and setting passwords for them.

The back-end periodically checks whether accounts are locked; if locked or if two-step verification is enabled, it automatically unlocks them, changes passwords, and reports the passwords to the API.

Logs into Apple ID and automatically deletes devices in Apple ID.

Enables proxy pools and Selenium clusters to increase unlocking success rates and prevent risk control.

Card selling websites can use it to build an account sharing interface to attract traffic.

Features

• Multi-user usage, access control
• Multi-account management
• Account sharing pages, support for setting passwords, expiration dates, custom HTML content
• Automatic unlocking and disabling two-step verification
• Automatic/scheduled password changes
• Automatic deletion of devices in Apple ID
• Proxy pools and Selenium clusters to increase unlocking success rates
• Allows manual unlocking

Deployment method:

Step One: Update sources and install dependencies

Ubuntu/Debian:

apt update -y && apt upgrade -y
sudo apt install curl wget git -y    

Centos:

sudo yum update -y && yum upgrade -y   
sudo yum install curl wget git -y

Step Two: Install PHP 7.4 and necessary PHP extensions

Ubuntu/Debian:

sudo apt install php7.4 php7.4-cli php7.4-fpm php7.4-json php7.4-common php7.4-mysql php7.4-zip php7.4-gd php7.4-mbstring php7.4-curl php7.4-xml php7.4-bcmath php7.4-json php7.4-fileinfo -y

Centos:

sudo yum install epel-release -y
sudo yum install https://rpms.remirepo.net/enterprise/remi-release-7.rpm -y
sudo yum-config-manager --enable remi-php74
sudo yum install php php-cli php-fpm php-json php-common php-mysql php-zip php-gd php-mbstring php-curl php-xml php-bcmath php-json php-fileinfo -y

Some systems' repositories don't have PHP 7.4 packages, so you need to add an external PPA to install PHP 7.4.
Ubuntu/Debian:

sudo apt install software-properties-common -y
sudo add-apt-repository ppa:ondrej/php
sudo apt update
sudo apt install php7.4 php7.4-cli php7.4-fpm php7.4-json php7.4-common php7.4-mysql php7.4-zip php7.4-gd php7.4-mbstring php7.4-curl php7.4-xml php7.4-bcmath php7.4-json php7.4-fileinfo -y

Step Three: Configure PHP 7.4

1. Remove the disablement of the putenv function
   Find the PHP CLI and FPM configuration files:

sudo nano /etc/php/7.4/cli/php.ini
sudo nano /etc/php/7.4/fpm/php.ini

In these two files, look for the following line:

disable_functions=...

Make sure putenv is not listed on this line. If it is, delete it, then save the file.

Restart PHP-FPM:

sudo systemctl restart php7.4-fpm

2. Install the fileinfo extension

Generally, the fileinfo extension should be included when installing PHP 7.4. You can check if it is enabled using the following command:

php -m | grep fileinfo

If it is enabled, you should see fileinfo as the output.

If not enabled, you can enable it with the following command:

sudo phpenmod fileinfo
sudo systemctl restart php7.4-fpm

Step Four: Install MySQL 8.0 and configure

1. Install MySQL Server.
   Ubuntu/Debian:

   sudo apt install mysql-server -y

Centos:

sudo wget https://dev.mysql.com/get/mysql57-community-release-el7-11.noarch.rpm
sudo rpm -ivh mysql57-community-release-el7-11.noarch.rpm
sudo yum install mysql-server -y

2. Start MySQL and set up security options.

sudo systemctl start mysql
sudo mysql_secure_installation

Step Five: Create Database

This is the data filled in during the following configuration process; you can modify it as needed.

• DATABASE = appleid_auto
• USERNAME = appleid_user
• PASSWORD = password

mysql -u root -p
CREATE DATABASE appleid_auto;
CREATE USER 'appleid_user'@'localhost' IDENTIFIED BY 'password';
GRANT ALL PRIVILEGES ON appleid_auto.* TO 'appleid_user'@'localhost';
FLUSH PRIVILEGES;
EXIT;

Step Six: Download Project Source Code and Extract

wget https://github.com/pplulee/appleid_auto/archive/refs/tags/v2.1.1.tar.gz
tar -xzvf v2.1.1.tar.gz

Step Seven: Configure Project

cd appleid_auto-2.1.1
cp .example.env .env
nano .env

Mainly modify the following content:

1. Whether to enable registration function
   ENABLE_REGISTER = true
2. API Key for calling the front-end API
   API_KEY = 123456
3. Whether to enable task background running, i.e., not displaying the browser window
   TASK_HEADLESS = true
4. Whether to enable the proxy pool
   ENABLE_PROXY_POOL = false
5. Whether to automatically disable the proxy when the back-end reports it as unavailable
   PROXY_AUTO_DISABLE = false
6. Whether to retry 5 minutes after task failure or wait for the next task execution
   FAIL_RETRY = true
7. Whether to enable back-end API to implement real-time updates in the front-end control unlocking task, and allow users to trigger unlocking
   ENABLE_API = true
8. Database connection information
9. DATABASE = appleid_auto
10. USERNAME = appleid_user

11. PASSWORD = password

    Step Eight: Install Composer Dependencies

wget https://getcomposer.org/installer -O composer.phar
php composer.phar
php composer.phar install

Step Nine: Configure Reverse Proxy and Pseudo-Static

1. Move the project to the /var/www directory

   sudo mv appleid_auto-2.1.1 /var/www/

2. Ensure that the www-data user has access permissions

   sudo
   
    chown -R www-data:www-data /var/www/appleid_auto-2.1.1

3. Install Nginx

Ubuntu/Debian:

sudo apt install nginx -y

Centos:

sudo yum install epel-release -y
sudo yum install nginx -y

4. Create a new Nginx configuration file

sudo nano /etc/nginx/sites-available/appleid_auto

3. Paste the following configuration (note to modify the domain name, here I use test.adonis142857.ir as an example):

server {
    listen 80;
    server_name test.adonis142857.ir;
    root /var/www/appleid_auto-2.1.1/public; 

    location ~* (runtime|application)/{
        return 403;
    }
    location / {
        if (!-e $request_filename){
            rewrite  ^(.*)$  /index.php?s=$1  last;   break;
        }
    }

    location ~ \.php$ {
        include snippets/fastcgi-php.conf;
        fastcgi_pass unix:/var/run/php/php7.4-fpm.sock;
    }
}

Enable the new site configuration:

sudo ln -s /etc/nginx/sites-available/appleid_auto /etc/nginx/sites-enabled/
sudo nginx -t
sudo systemctl restart nginx

Step Ten: Import Database

mysql -u root -p appleid_auto < /var/www/appleid_auto-2.1.1/db/db.sql

Step Eleven: Create Admin Account

cd /var/www/appleid_auto-2.1.1
php think register username password

Step Twelve: Configure Back-end

bash <(curl -Ls https://raw.githubusercontent.com/pplulee/appleid_auto/backend/backend/install_unblocker.sh)

Follow the instructions to enter parameters during installation. By default, it will deploy a Docker container with the name appleauto.

Step Thirteen: Log into the Website to Configure Apple ID

1. Open the URL in the browser

   https://Domain name/index

   Example:

   https://test.adonis142857.ir/index

2. Add accounts in account management
   
3. Add sharing pages in sharing page management
   
4. Add proxies in the proxy pool (optional)
   

5. Add push notifications in the personal information interface (optional)
   

   Relevant Links:

   GitHub Address: https://github.com/pplulee/appleid_auto
   Official Usage Tutorial: https://appleid-auto.gitbook.io/doc_zhcn/