diff --git a/care/facility/api/serializers/facility.py b/care/facility/api/serializers/facility.py
index a7ac3820ed..73779bdfd9 100644
--- a/care/facility/api/serializers/facility.py
+++ b/care/facility/api/serializers/facility.py
@@ -1,5 +1,4 @@
 import boto3
-from django.conf import settings
 from django.contrib.auth import get_user_model
 from rest_framework import serializers
 
@@ -13,7 +12,7 @@
     StateSerializer,
     WardSerializer,
 )
-from care.utils.csp import config as cs_provider
+from care.utils.csp.config import BucketType, get_client_config
 from config.serializers import ChoiceField
 from config.validators import MiddlewareDomainAddressValidator
 
@@ -166,13 +165,11 @@ def save(self, **kwargs):
         facility = self.instance
         image = self.validated_data["cover_image"]
         image_extension = image.name.rsplit(".", 1)[-1]
-        s3 = boto3.client(
-            "s3",
-            **cs_provider.get_client_config(cs_provider.BucketType.FACILITY.value),
-        )
+        config, bucket_name = get_client_config(BucketType.FACILITY, True)
+        s3 = boto3.client("s3", **config)
         image_location = f"cover_images/{facility.external_id}_cover.{image_extension}"
         s3.put_object(
-            Bucket=settings.FACILITY_S3_BUCKET,
+            Bucket=bucket_name,
             Key=image_location,
             Body=image.file,
         )
diff --git a/care/facility/api/serializers/file_upload.py b/care/facility/api/serializers/file_upload.py
index c97fd76ab2..962688da7a 100644
--- a/care/facility/api/serializers/file_upload.py
+++ b/care/facility/api/serializers/file_upload.py
@@ -140,7 +140,7 @@ def create(self, validated_data):
         validated_data["uploaded_by"] = user
         validated_data["internal_name"] = validated_data["original_name"]
         del validated_data["original_name"]
-        file_upload = super().create(validated_data)
+        file_upload: FileUpload = super().create(validated_data)
         file_upload.signed_url = file_upload.signed_url(mime_type=mime_type)
         return file_upload
 
diff --git a/care/facility/models/facility.py b/care/facility/models/facility.py
index 2a041f291c..fb3eaff08c 100644
--- a/care/facility/models/facility.py
+++ b/care/facility/models/facility.py
@@ -175,7 +175,7 @@ class Meta:
 
     def read_cover_image_url(self):
         if self.cover_image_url:
-            return f"{settings.FACILITY_S3_STATIC_PREFIX}/{self.cover_image_url}"
+            return f"{settings.FACILITY_S3_BUCKET_EXTERNAL_ENDPOINT}/{settings.FACILITY_S3_BUCKET}/{self.cover_image_url}"
         return None
 
     def __str__(self):
diff --git a/care/facility/models/file_upload.py b/care/facility/models/file_upload.py
index 78153a9151..584cda5e05 100644
--- a/care/facility/models/file_upload.py
+++ b/care/facility/models/file_upload.py
@@ -3,12 +3,11 @@
 from uuid import uuid4
 
 import boto3
-from django.conf import settings
 from django.db import models
 
 from care.facility.models import FacilityBaseModel
 from care.users.models import User
-from care.utils.csp import config as cs_provider
+from care.utils.csp.config import BucketType, get_client_config
 
 
 class FileUpload(FacilityBaseModel):
@@ -83,44 +82,50 @@ def save(self, *args, **kwargs):
             self.internal_name = internal_name
         return super().save(*args, **kwargs)
 
-    def signed_url(self, duration=60 * 60, mime_type=None):
-        s3Client = boto3.client("s3", **cs_provider.get_client_config())
+    def signed_url(
+        self, duration=60 * 60, mime_type=None, bucket_type=BucketType.PATIENT
+    ):
+        config, bucket_name = get_client_config(bucket_type, True)
+        s3 = boto3.client("s3", **config)
         params = {
-            "Bucket": settings.FILE_UPLOAD_BUCKET,
+            "Bucket": bucket_name,
             "Key": f"{self.FileType(self.file_type).name}/{self.internal_name}",
         }
         if mime_type:
             params["ContentType"] = mime_type
-        return s3Client.generate_presigned_url(
+        return s3.generate_presigned_url(
             "put_object",
             Params=params,
             ExpiresIn=duration,  # seconds
         )
 
-    def read_signed_url(self, duration=60 * 60):
-        s3Client = boto3.client("s3", **cs_provider.get_client_config())
-        return s3Client.generate_presigned_url(
+    def read_signed_url(self, duration=60 * 60, bucket_type=BucketType.PATIENT):
+        config, bucket_name = get_client_config(bucket_type, True)
+        s3 = boto3.client("s3", **config)
+        return s3.generate_presigned_url(
             "get_object",
             Params={
-                "Bucket": settings.FILE_UPLOAD_BUCKET,
+                "Bucket": bucket_name,
                 "Key": f"{self.FileType(self.file_type).name}/{self.internal_name}",
             },
             ExpiresIn=duration,  # seconds
         )
 
-    def put_object(self, file, bucket=settings.FILE_UPLOAD_BUCKET, **kwargs):
-        s3 = boto3.client("s3", **cs_provider.get_client_config())
+    def put_object(self, file, bucket_type=BucketType.PATIENT, **kwargs):
+        config, bucket_name = get_client_config(bucket_type)
+        s3 = boto3.client("s3", **config)
         return s3.put_object(
             Body=file,
-            Bucket=bucket,
+            Bucket=bucket_name,
             Key=f"{self.FileType(self.file_type).name}/{self.internal_name}",
             **kwargs,
         )
 
-    def get_object(self, bucket=settings.FILE_UPLOAD_BUCKET, **kwargs):
-        s3 = boto3.client("s3", **cs_provider.get_client_config())
+    def get_object(self, bucket_type=BucketType.PATIENT, **kwargs):
+        config, bucket_name = get_client_config(bucket_type)
+        s3 = boto3.client("s3", **config)
         return s3.get_object(
-            Bucket=bucket,
+            Bucket=bucket_name,
             Key=f"{self.FileType(self.file_type).name}/{self.internal_name}",
             **kwargs,
         )
diff --git a/care/utils/csp/config.py b/care/utils/csp/config.py
index 0f6673c3ad..dbd145b536 100644
--- a/care/utils/csp/config.py
+++ b/care/utils/csp/config.py
@@ -1,12 +1,24 @@
 import enum
+from typing import TypeAlias, TypedDict
 
 from django.conf import settings
 
 
+class ClientConfig(TypedDict):
+    region_name: str
+    aws_access_key_id: str
+    aws_secret_access_key: str
+    endpoint_url: str
+
+
+BucketName: TypeAlias = str
+
+
 class CSProvider(enum.Enum):
     AWS = "AWS"
     GCP = "GCP"
-    AZURE = "AZURE"
+    DOCKER = "DOCKER"  # localstack in docker
+    LOCAL = "LOCAL"  # localstack on host
 
 
 class BucketType(enum.Enum):
@@ -14,27 +26,31 @@ class BucketType(enum.Enum):
     FACILITY = "FACILITY"
 
 
-DEFAULT = CSProvider.AWS.value
-
-
-def get_client_config(bucket_type=BucketType.PATIENT.value):
-    config = {
-        BucketType.PATIENT.value: {
-            "region_name": settings.CLOUD_REGION,
-            "aws_access_key_id": settings.FILE_UPLOAD_KEY,
-            "aws_secret_access_key": settings.FILE_UPLOAD_SECRET,
-            "endpoint_url": settings.FILE_UPLOAD_BUCKET_ENDPOINT,
-        },
-        BucketType.FACILITY.value: {
-            "region_name": settings.CLOUD_REGION,
-            "aws_access_key_id": settings.FACILITY_S3_KEY,
-            "aws_secret_access_key": settings.FACILITY_S3_SECRET,
-            "endpoint_url": settings.FACILITY_S3_BUCKET_ENDPOINT,
-        },
-    }
-
-    if settings.CLOUD_PROVIDER == CSProvider.GCP.value:
-        for key in config.keys():
-            config[key]["endpoint_url"] = "https://storage.googleapis.com"
-
-    return config[bucket_type]
+def get_facility_bucket_config(external) -> tuple[ClientConfig, BucketName]:
+    return {
+        "region_name": settings.FACILITY_S3_REGION,
+        "aws_access_key_id": settings.FACILITY_S3_KEY,
+        "aws_secret_access_key": settings.FACILITY_S3_SECRET,
+        "endpoint_url": settings.FACILITY_S3_BUCKET_EXTERNAL_ENDPOINT
+        if external
+        else settings.FACILITY_S3_BUCKET_ENDPOINT,
+    }, settings.FACILITY_S3_BUCKET
+
+
+def get_patient_bucket_config(external) -> tuple[ClientConfig, BucketName]:
+    return {
+        "region_name": settings.FILE_UPLOAD_REGION,
+        "aws_access_key_id": settings.FILE_UPLOAD_KEY,
+        "aws_secret_access_key": settings.FILE_UPLOAD_SECRET,
+        "endpoint_url": settings.FILE_UPLOAD_BUCKET_EXTERNAL_ENDPOINT
+        if external
+        else settings.FILE_UPLOAD_BUCKET_ENDPOINT,
+    }, settings.FILE_UPLOAD_BUCKET
+
+
+def get_client_config(bucket_type: BucketType, external=False):
+    if bucket_type == BucketType.FACILITY:
+        return get_facility_bucket_config(external=external)
+    elif bucket_type == BucketType.PATIENT:
+        return get_patient_bucket_config(external=external)
+    raise ValueError("Invalid Bucket Type")
diff --git a/config/settings/base.py b/config/settings/base.py
index c1fa82a09c..d34d8726bc 100644
--- a/config/settings/base.py
+++ b/config/settings/base.py
@@ -484,29 +484,30 @@
 
 # Cloud and Buckets
 # ------------------------------------------------------------------------------
-CLOUD_PROVIDER = env("CLOUD_PROVIDER", default="aws").upper()
 
-CLOUD_REGION = env("CLOUD_REGION", default="ap-south-1")
 
-if CLOUD_PROVIDER not in csp_config.CSProvider.__members__:
-    print(f"Warning Invalid CSP Found! {CLOUD_PROVIDER}")
+BUCKET_PROVIDER = env("BUCKET_PROVIDER", default="aws").upper()
+BUCKET_REGION = env("BUCKET_REGION", default="ap-south-1")
+BUCKET_KEY = env("BUCKET_KEY", default="")
+BUCKET_SECRET = env("BUCKET_SECRET", default="")
+BUCKET_ENDPOINT = env("BUCKET_ENDPOINT", default="")
+BUCKET_EXTERNAL_ENDPOINT = env("BUCKET_EXTERNAL_ENDPOINT", default=BUCKET_ENDPOINT)
 
-if USE_S3 := env.bool("USE_S3", default=False):
-    # aws settings
-    AWS_ACCESS_KEY_ID = env("AWS_ACCESS_KEY_ID")
-    AWS_SECRET_ACCESS_KEY = env("AWS_SECRET_ACCESS_KEY")
-    AWS_STORAGE_BUCKET_NAME = env("AWS_STORAGE_BUCKET_NAME")
-    AWS_DEFAULT_ACL = "public-read"
-    AWS_S3_CUSTOM_DOMAIN = f"{AWS_STORAGE_BUCKET_NAME}.s3.amazonaws.com"
-    AWS_S3_OBJECT_PARAMETERS = {"CacheControl": "max-age=86400"}
+if BUCKET_PROVIDER not in csp_config.CSProvider.__members__:
+    print(f"Warning Invalid CSP Found! {BUCKET_PROVIDER}")
 
 FILE_UPLOAD_BUCKET = env("FILE_UPLOAD_BUCKET", default="")
-# FILE_UPLOAD_REGION = env("FILE_UPLOAD_REGION", default="care-patient-staging")
-FILE_UPLOAD_KEY = env("FILE_UPLOAD_KEY", default="")
-FILE_UPLOAD_SECRET = env("FILE_UPLOAD_SECRET", default="")
+FILE_UPLOAD_REGION = env("FILE_UPLOAD_REGION", default=BUCKET_REGION)
+FILE_UPLOAD_KEY = env("FILE_UPLOAD_KEY", default=BUCKET_KEY)
+FILE_UPLOAD_SECRET = env("FILE_UPLOAD_SECRET", default=BUCKET_SECRET)
 FILE_UPLOAD_BUCKET_ENDPOINT = env(
-    "FILE_UPLOAD_BUCKET_ENDPOINT",
-    default=f"https://{FILE_UPLOAD_BUCKET}.s3.amazonaws.com",
+    "FILE_UPLOAD_BUCKET_ENDPOINT", default=BUCKET_ENDPOINT
+)
+FILE_UPLOAD_BUCKET_EXTERNAL_ENDPOINT = env(
+    "FILE_UPLOAD_BUCKET_EXTERNAL_ENDPOINT",
+    default=BUCKET_EXTERNAL_ENDPOINT
+    if BUCKET_ENDPOINT
+    else FILE_UPLOAD_BUCKET_ENDPOINT,
 )
 
 ALLOWED_MIME_TYPES = env.list(
@@ -549,16 +550,17 @@
 )
 
 FACILITY_S3_BUCKET = env("FACILITY_S3_BUCKET", default="")
-FACILITY_S3_REGION = env("FACILITY_S3_REGION_CODE", default="ap-south-1")
-FACILITY_S3_KEY = env("FACILITY_S3_KEY", default="")
-FACILITY_S3_SECRET = env("FACILITY_S3_SECRET", default="")
+FACILITY_S3_REGION = env("FACILITY_S3_REGION_CODE", default=BUCKET_REGION)
+FACILITY_S3_KEY = env("FACILITY_S3_KEY", default=BUCKET_KEY)
+FACILITY_S3_SECRET = env("FACILITY_S3_SECRET", default=BUCKET_SECRET)
 FACILITY_S3_BUCKET_ENDPOINT = env(
-    "FACILITY_S3_BUCKET_ENDPOINT",
-    default=f"https://{FACILITY_S3_BUCKET}.s3.{FACILITY_S3_REGION}.amazonaws.com",
+    "FACILITY_S3_BUCKET_ENDPOINT", default=BUCKET_ENDPOINT
 )
-FACILITY_S3_STATIC_PREFIX = env(
-    "FACILITY_S3_STATIC_PREFIX",
-    default=f"https://{FACILITY_S3_BUCKET}.s3.{FACILITY_S3_REGION}.amazonaws.com",
+FACILITY_S3_BUCKET_EXTERNAL_ENDPOINT = env(
+    "FACILITY_S3_BUCKET_EXTERNAL_ENDPOINT",
+    default=BUCKET_EXTERNAL_ENDPOINT
+    if BUCKET_ENDPOINT
+    else FACILITY_S3_BUCKET_ENDPOINT,
 )
 
 
diff --git a/config/settings/local.py b/config/settings/local.py
index 68692f9d07..9ead7719f1 100644
--- a/config/settings/local.py
+++ b/config/settings/local.py
@@ -48,6 +48,3 @@
 RUNSERVER_PLUS_PRINT_SQL_TRUNCATE = 100000
 
 DISABLE_RATELIMIT = True
-
-FILE_UPLOAD_BUCKET_ENDPOINT = "http://localstack:4566"
-FACILITY_S3_BUCKET_ENDPOINT = "http://localstack:4566"
diff --git a/docker-compose.yaml b/docker-compose.yaml
index 5296ac4fc8..7beb1c9b5f 100644
--- a/docker-compose.yaml
+++ b/docker-compose.yaml
@@ -25,9 +25,13 @@ services:
       - AWS_DEFAULT_REGION=ap-south-1
       - EDGE_PORT=4566
       - SERVICES=s3
+      - EXTRA_CORS_ALLOWED_ORIGINS=*
+      - EXTRA_CORS_ALLOWED_HEADERS=*
     volumes:
-      - "${TEMPDIR:-/tmp/localstack}:/tmp/localstack"
-      - "./docker/awslocal:/docker-entrypoint-initaws.d"
+      - "${TEMPDIR:-./care/media/localstack}:/var/lib/localstack"
+      - "./docker/awslocal:/etc/localstack/init/ready.d/"
+    ports:
+      - "4566:4566"
 
   fidelius:
     image: khavinshankar/fidelius:v1.0
diff --git a/docker/.local.env b/docker/.local.env
index e755fb55b5..ccfaef5fba 100644
--- a/docker/.local.env
+++ b/docker/.local.env
@@ -9,5 +9,10 @@ CELERY_BROKER_URL=redis://redis:6379/0
 
 DJANGO_DEBUG=False
 
+BUCKET_REGION=ap-south-1
+BUCKET_KEY=key
+BUCKET_SECRET=secret
+BUCKET_ENDPOINT=http://localstack:4566
+BUCKET_EXTERNAL_ENDPOINT=http://localhost:4566
 FILE_UPLOAD_BUCKET=patient-bucket
 FACILITY_S3_BUCKET=facility-bucket
diff --git a/docker/.prebuilt.env b/docker/.prebuilt.env
index f069cabc86..02267439a7 100644
--- a/docker/.prebuilt.env
+++ b/docker/.prebuilt.env
@@ -8,6 +8,12 @@ REDIS_URL=redis://redis:6379/0
 CELERY_BROKER_URL=redis://redis:6379/0
 DJANGO_SETTINGS_MODULE=config.settings.deployment
 DJANGO_DEBUG=False
+
+BUCKET_REGION=ap-south-1
+BUCKET_KEY=key
+BUCKET_SECRET=secret
+BUCKET_ENDPOINT=http://localstack:4566
+BUCKET_EXTERNAL_ENDPOINT=http://localhost:4566
 FILE_UPLOAD_BUCKET=patient-bucket
 FACILITY_S3_BUCKET=facility-bucket
 
diff --git a/docker/awslocal/bucket-setup.sh b/docker/awslocal/bucket-setup.sh
old mode 100644
new mode 100755
index 83874fe2e1..05025d1ed8
--- a/docker/awslocal/bucket-setup.sh
+++ b/docker/awslocal/bucket-setup.sh
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
-#!/usr/bin/env bash
+#!/usr/bin/sh
+
 set -x
 awslocal s3 mb s3://patient-bucket
 awslocal s3 mb s3://facility-bucket