Can we create local Docker IoT containers for a SMACK-like environment with DC/OS and push them to our AWS VPC - if so, how?

Question

In planning out a our Lambda architecture, for both real-time and batch processing, I see we will need several m3.xlarge instances (see CloudFormation SMACK stack template) using DC/OS.

As not to incur too much cost for a POC, is there an approach that would allow us to create local Docker containers then deploy them to our VPC, launching only for testing?