diff --git a/services/docker-compose.yml b/services/docker-compose.yml
--- a/services/docker-compose.yml
+++ b/services/docker-compose.yml
@@ -1,4 +1,7 @@
 version: "3.9"
+networks:
+  services-net:
+    name: services-net
 services:
   tunnelbroker-server:
     build:
@@ -52,3 +55,18 @@
       - "${COMM_SERVICES_PORT_BLOB}:50051"
     volumes:
       - $HOME/.aws/credentials:/root/.aws/credentials:ro
+  # localstack
+  localstack:
+    image: localstack/localstack
+    container_name: localstack
+    hostname: localstack
+    ports:
+      - "4566:4566"
+    environment:
+      - SERVICES=s3,dynamodb
+      - DEFAULT_REGION=eu-east-2
+      - DATA_DIR=/tmp/localstack/data
+      - DOCKER_HOST=unix:///var/run/docker.sock
+      - HOSTNAME_EXTERNAL=localstack
+    networks:
+      - services-net
diff --git a/services/package.json b/services/package.json
--- a/services/package.json
+++ b/services/package.json
@@ -22,6 +22,8 @@
     "test-all-services": "./scripts/test_all_services.sh",
     "test-all-services-dev-mode": "export COMM_SERVICES_DEV_MODE=1 && ./scripts/test_all_services.sh",
     "run-all-services-dev-mode": "export COMM_SERVICES_DEV_MODE=1 && ./scripts/run_all_services.sh",
-    "backup-aws": "./scripts/backup_aws.sh"
+    "backup-aws": "./scripts/backup_aws.sh",
+    "run-local-cloud": "./scripts/run_local_cloud.sh",
+    "setup-local-cloud": "./scripts/setup_local_cloud.sh"
   }
 }
diff --git a/services/scripts/run_local_cloud.sh b/services/scripts/run_local_cloud.sh
new file mode 100755
--- /dev/null
+++ b/services/scripts/run_local_cloud.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+#!/bin/bash
+
+set -e
+
+docker-compose up -d --force-recreate localstack
diff --git a/services/scripts/setup_local_cloud.sh b/services/scripts/setup_local_cloud.sh
new file mode 100755
--- /dev/null
+++ b/services/scripts/setup_local_cloud.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,24 @@
+#!/bin/bash
+
+set -e
+
+DYNAMO_DB_TABLES_FOLDER="./aws_backup/dynamo_db_tables"
+
+# S3
+echo "setting up S3..."
+BUCKETS=`cat ./aws_backup/s3.dump || echo "error: there was a problem with the aws backup"`
+for BUCKET in $BUCKETS; do
+  echo " creating bucket $BUCKET"
+  aws --endpoint-url=http://localhost:4566 s3 mb s3://$BUCKET > /dev/null
+done
+
+# dynamoDB
+echo "setting up database..."
+DYNAMO_DB_TABLES=`ls $DYNAMO_DB_TABLES_FOLDER`
+for TABLE in $DYNAMO_DB_TABLES; do
+  echo " creating table $TABLE"
+  aws --endpoint-url=http://localhost:4566 dynamodb create-table --cli-input-json file://$DYNAMO_DB_TABLES_FOLDER/$TABLE > /dev/null
+done
+
+
+echo "setting up - DONE"