LocalStack AWS emulator

 

Login to local stack using Google Id kr11.neeraj@gmail.com

https://app.localstack.cloud/getting-started

Note down the Personal Auth Token ·

### To install Localstack in windows. (The start of which will also launch the localstack in docker

container)


$ python -m pip install --upgrade pip
$ pip install "localstack[full]"



To start local stack in local windows 

STEP 1: Set the LOCALSTACK_AUTH_TOKEN credential using the below command (PowerShell)



PS C:\WINDOWS\system32> $env:LOCALSTACK_AUTH_TOKEN="ls-qeYi9418-9533-LiMO-tAha-DucexiJu9608"

STEP 2: The below start command will launch the local stack in docker

PS C:\WINDOWS\system32> localstack start

C:\Windows\System32>python "C:\Users\kr28n\AppData\Local\Programs\Python\Python39\Scripts\\localstack" start

     __                     _______ __             __
    / /   ____  _________ _/ / ___// /_____ ______/ /__
   / /   / __ \/ ___/ __ `/ /\__ \/ __/ __ `/ ___/ //_/
  / /___/ /_/ / /__/ /_/ / /___/ / /_/ /_/ / /__/ ,<
 /_____/\____/\___/\__,_/_//____/\__/\__,_/\___/_/|_|

- LocalStack CLI: 4.9.2
- Profile: default
- App: https://app.localstack.cloud

[16:41:15] starting LocalStack in Docker mode 🐳                                                               localstack.py:532
[16:41:16] container image not found on host                                                                   bootstrap.py:1304
[16:41:17] download complete                                                                                   bootstrap.py:1308
──────────────────────────────────────── LocalStack Runtime Log (press CTRL-C to quit) ─────────────────────────────────────────

LocalStack version: 2026.3.1.dev173
LocalStack build date: 2026-04-13
LocalStack build git hash: 78d55071e

2026-04-13T20:41:26.521  INFO --- [  MainThread] l.p.c.b.licensingv2        : Successfully requested and activated new license bbb280c0-13da-4f56-96fb-e29a4021d9c1:trial 🔑✅
2026-04-13T20:41:26.733  WARN --- [  MainThread] localstack.deprecations    : ACTIVATE_PRO is deprecated (since 4.14.0) and will be removed in upcoming releases of LocalStack! Starting in March 2026, LocalStack will require an auth token. Go to this page for more infos: https://localstack.cloud/2026-updates
2026-04-13T20:41:28.462  INFO --- [  MainThread] l.p.c.extensions.plugins   : loaded 0 extensions
Ready.


Test it out (Power shell)

PS C:\Users\kr28n> $env:HOME=$env:USERPROFILE

PS C:\Users\kr28n> aws configure
AWS Access Key ID [****************test]:
AWS Secret Access Key [****************test]:
Default region name [us-east-1]:

PS C:\Users\kr28n> aws --endpoint-url=http://localhost:4566 s3 mb s3://my-bucket
make_bucket: my-bucket
PS C:\Users\kr28n>