ChromeOS: Welcome to Estonia - ๐ ๐๐ผ๐๐ฟ๐ป๐ฒ๐ ๐ถ๐ป ๐๐ต๐ฒ ๐ช๐ผ๐ฟ๐น๐ฑ ๐ผ๐ณ ๐ข๐ฝ๐ฒ๐ป ๐ฆ๐ผ๐๐ฟ๐ฐ๐ฒ
Over the past two years, Iโve been working on an open-source project called โChromeOS: Welcome to Estonia.โ This software solution is designed for ChromeOS users who want to utilize Estoniaโs e-Residency (e-Estonia). The setup installs and configures the necessary tools to work with Estoniaโs digital identity, including the ability to sign and encrypt documents.
๐ง๐ต๐ฒ ๐๐ฒ๐ด๐ถ๐ป๐ป๐ถ๐ป๐ด: ๐ ๐ง๐ผ๐ผ๐น ๐ณ๐ผ๐ฟ ๐ฒ-๐ฅ๐ฒ๐๐ถ๐ฑ๐ฒ๐ป๐ฐ๐ ๐ผ๐ป ๐๐ต๐ฟ๐ผ๐บ๐ฒ๐ข๐ฆ
Estoniaโs e-Residency program allows people worldwide to obtain a digital identity, enabling them to use Estonian government services and establish businesses within the EU. The goal was to simplify the process for ChromeOS users.
๐๐ต๐ฎ๐น๐น๐ฒ๐ป๐ด๐ฒ๐: ๐ฆ๐ผ๐ณ๐๐๐ฎ๐ฟ๐ฒ ๐๐ต๐ฎ๐ป๐ด๐ฒ๐ ๐ฎ๐ป๐ฑ ๐จ๐ป๐ฒ๐ ๐ฝ๐ฒ๐ฐ๐๐ฒ๐ฑ ๐๐๐ฟ๐ฑ๐น๐ฒ๐
Like many software projects, this one faced challenges. A significant change in the e-Residency software caused my setup to stop functioning. In May, Lauri Kaski, then CEO of Cloudpoint, reached out to me:
> โ๐๐ช๐ณ๐ด๐ต, ๐ต๐ฉ๐ช๐ด ๐ฉ๐ข๐ด ๐ฃ๐ฆ๐ฆ๐ฏ ๐ข ๐จ๐ณ๐ฆ๐ข๐ต ๐ฑ๐ณ๐ฐ๐ซ๐ฆ๐ค๐ต ๐ง๐ฐ๐ณ ๐ข๐ญ๐ญ ๐๐ฉ๐ณ๐ฐ๐ฎ๐ฆ๐๐ ๐ถ๐ด๐ฆ๐ณ๐ด. ๐๐ฉ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฌ๐ด ๐ง๐ฐ๐ณ ๐ฑ๐ถ๐ฃ๐ญ๐ช๐ด๐ฉ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐ช๐ต. ๐๐ฏ๐ง๐ฐ๐ณ๐ต๐ถ๐ฏ๐ข๐ต๐ฆ๐ญ๐บ, ๐ณ๐ฆ๐ค๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ต ๐ช๐ฏ๐ด๐ต๐ข๐ญ๐ญ๐ด ๐ฉ๐ข๐ท๐ฆ ๐ง๐ข๐ช๐ญ๐ฆ๐ฅ. ๐๐ณ๐ฆ ๐บ๐ฐ๐ถ ๐ข๐ฃ๐ญ๐ฆ ๐ต๐ฐ ๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ญ๐ฑ ๐ฐ๐ฏ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ช๐ด ๐ช๐ด๐ด๐ถ๐ฆ ๐ฆ๐ข๐ด๐ช๐ญ๐บ?โ
I offered to resolve the issue more quickly for a fee, which he agreed to:
> โ๐๐ญ๐ฆ๐ข๐ด๐ฆ ๐ฑ๐ณ๐ฐ๐ค๐ฆ๐ฆ๐ฅ ๐ฐ๐ฏ ๐ง๐ช๐น๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐ช๐ต, ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ ๐ข๐ฎ ๐ฉ๐ข๐ฑ๐ฑ๐บ ๐ต๐ฐ ๐ค๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ต๐ณ๐ช๐ฃ๐ถ๐ต๐ฆ ๐ต๐ฐ ๐จ๐ฆ๐ต๐ต๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ช๐ด ๐ด๐ฐ๐ญ๐ท๐ฆ๐ฅ. ๐๐ฐ๐ต ๐ญ๐ฐ๐ฐ๐ฌ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐ง๐ฐ๐ณ ๐ช๐ต ๐ต๐ฐ ๐จ๐ฆ๐ต ๐ธ๐ฐ๐ณ๐ฌ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐ฐ๐ฏ ๐ฎ๐บ ๐ฅ๐ฆ๐ท๐ช๐ค๐ฆ - ๐ฃ๐ถ๐ต ๐ฎ๐ฐ๐ณ๐ฆ ๐ฐ๐ฏ ๐ข๐ฏ ๐ฐ๐ท๐ฆ๐ณ๐ข๐ญ๐ญ ๐ง๐ช๐น ๐ต๐ฐ ๐ฉ๐ข๐ท๐ฆ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ฑ๐ณ๐ฐ๐ซ๐ฆ๐ค๐ต ๐ถ๐ฑ ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ณ๐ถ๐ฏ๐ฏ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ.โ
๐ฆ๐๐ฝ๐ฝ๐ผ๐ฟ๐ ๐ณ๐ฟ๐ผ๐บ ๐๐ต๐ฒ ๐๐ผ๐บ๐บ๐๐ป๐ถ๐๐
The support from Lauri and Cloudpoint made it possible for me to get the project back on track and even improve it. The setup is now fully automated.
If youโre interested in using this tool, feel free to check it out on GitHub:
๐ ๐๐ถ๐๐๐๐ฏ ๐ฅ๐ฒ๐ฝ๐ผ๐๐ถ๐๐ผ๐ฟ๐: https://github.com/perguth/chromeos-welcome-to-estonia