Before using Klipper, you'll have to build and flash the microcontroller-code for your printers mainboard.
The `scripts` directory contains a wrapper that can be used as an alias for `make`. After setting this alias, follow the Instructions on finding your printer, building and flashing the microcontroller found in the [Klipper Docs](https://www.klipper3d.org/Installation.html#building-and-flashing-the-micro-controller).
Adapted from the official Docs, a generic Build would look like this.
```
alias make="./scripts/build-mcu.sh"
make menuconfig
make
make flash FLASH_DEVICE=/dev/serial/by-id/<myprinter>
```
If your Board can be flashed via SD-Card, you may want to omit `make flash` and retrieve the `klipper.bin` from the `out` directory that is created by `make`. Follow your boards instructions on how to proceed with flashing via SD-Card.
* Update config/printer.cfg with your Klipper config, make sure to not remove the existing Macros as they are required by fluidd/mainsail. See [Klipper3d Docs](https://www.klipper3d.org/Config_Reference.html) for Reference
* Make sure to update ``cors_domains`` and ``trusted_clients`` within ``moonraker.cfg`` to secure your moonraker api from unwanted access. See [Moonraker Docs](https://moonraker.readthedocs.io/en/latest/configuration/) for Reference
The SHA-Tag ``a33d069`` will remain and refers to [Klipper3d/klipper:a33d069](https://github.com/Klipper3d/klipper/commit/a33d0697b6438e362f0cf9d25e1e8358d331bf53)
Notice, that all service names, container names and traefik labels need to be unique while the right side of the passed Device (`:/dev/webcam`) always stays the same.
Images are build in multiple stages, the final stage is called ``run``. Based on this, you can update Service definitions within ``docker-compose.override.yaml`` to build Images locally.
In case Moonraker is not situated on the same Host as Mainsail, you'll have to enable remoteMode in Mainsail to set up a remote Printer. This mirrors the behaviour of https://my.mainsail.xyz.
1. Create `config/mainsail.json` with the following Contents
```json
{
"remoteMode":true
}
```
2. Add the newly created File as a Volume to the mainsail Service
Debugging the Stack without printer hardware is challenging, as klipper requires a mcu to operate.
For this purpose, you can build a service that emulates a mcu with simulavr, as suggested by the [Klipper Docs](https://github.com/Klipper3d/klipper/blob/master/docs/Debugging.md).
The simulavr Image is part of the Dockerfile for Klipper but is not pushed to any registry, so it needs to be built when needed.
Locate the `docker-compose.simulavr.yaml` in the repository and set the `VERSION` Build-Arg to any Git Reference from [Klipper3d/klipper](https://github.com/Klipper3d) that you would like the mcu code to be compatible with.
This example builds the mcu code from [Klipper3d/klipper:d75154d](https://github.com/Klipper3d/klipper/commit/d75154d695efb1338cbfff061d226c4f384d127b)