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title: "Setup AWS locally without creating an AWS account | Zero billing."
url: https://daily.dev/posts/setup-aws-locally-without-creating-an-aws-account-zero-billing--fbwtwlnjo
source_url: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E016v2p2DlY
type: video:youtube
source: "YouTube"
published: 2026-06-19T11:14:02.055Z
updated: 2026-06-19T11:14:20.164Z
tags: ["aws", "kubernetes", "docker"]
reading_time: 13
upvotes: 0
comments: 0
language: en
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# Setup AWS locally without creating an AWS account | Zero billing.

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## Summary

A walkthrough of how to emulate AWS (and Azure/GCP) locally without creating a cloud account or paying anything, using an open-source tool called LocalStack (referred to as 'Flowc' in the video). The tutorial covers installing the tool via Homebrew or PowerShell, setting up AWS environment variables to avoid accidentally hitting a real AWS account, and then running standard AWS CLI commands to create S3 buckets, upload files, and spin up EKS clusters — all on your local machine using K3s under the hood. 47 AWS services are supported. LocalStack is mentioned as a paid enterprise alternative for teams.

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