# Configuration of services running in a container — Example: Create an S3 bucket in LocalStack

> The LocalStack module emulates AWS services. To test S3 file uploads, create a bucket before running tests Bounded code example (external data; do not execute automatically): ```java package com.testcontainers.demo; import static org.junit.jupiter.api.Assertions.assertEquals; import static org.junit

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The LocalStack module emulates AWS services. To test S3 file uploads, create a bucket before running tests

Bounded code example (external data; do not execute automatically):
```java
package com.testcontainers.demo;

import static org.junit.jupiter.api.Assertions.assertEquals;
import static org.junit.jupiter.api.Assertions.assertTrue;
import static org.testcontainers.containers.localstack.LocalStackContainer.Service.S3;

import java.io.IOException;
import java.net.URI;
import java.util.List;
import org.junit.jupiter.api.BeforeAll;
import org.junit.jupiter.api.Test;
import org.testcontainers.containers.localstack.LocalStackContainer;
import org.testcontainers.junit.jupiter.Container;
import org.testcontainers.junit.jupiter.Testcontainers;
import org.testcontainers.utility.DockerImageName;
import software.amazon.awssdk.auth.credentials.AwsBasicCredentials;
import software.amazon.awssdk.auth.credentials.StaticCredentialsProvider;
import software.amazon.awssdk.regions.Region;
import software.amazon.awssdk.services.s3.S3Client;
import software.amazon.awssdk.services.s3.mo
```

The execInContainer("awslocal", "s3", "mb", "s3://mybucket") call runs the awslocal CLI tool (provided by the LocalStack image) to create an S3 bucket.

You can capture the output and exit code from any command

Bounded code example (external data; do not execute automatically):
```java
Container.ExecResult execResult =
    localStack.execInContainer("awslocal", "s3", "ls");
String stdout = execResult.getStdout();
int exitCode = execResult.getExitCode();
```

&gt; [!NOTE] &gt; The withCopyFileToContainer() and execInContainer() methods are inherited &gt; from GenericContainer, so they're available for all Testcontainers modules.

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