Overview

Several tools are available to install, start, and manage the LocalStack for Azure emulator. Your starting point should be lstk, the modern CLI for managing LocalStack. It logs you in, pulls the localstack/localstack-azure image, starts the emulator, and runs the Azure CLI against it with lstk az. The MCP server is also available for AI-driven management: your AI agent can start and stop the emulator, and run Azure CLI commands and Bicep deployments against it.

Note that the previous localstack CLI is now deprecated, but can still be used if necessary.

LocalStack MCP Server

Use the LocalStack MCP Server to manage the LocalStack for Azure emulator and run Azure CLI commands against it from AI-powered MCP clients.

lstk

Overview, installation, and quick start for lstk, the modern CLI for managing LocalStack.