def run(self):
        """
        This starts up the (threaded) Local Server.
        Note: This is a **blocking call**

        Raises
        ------
        RuntimeError
            if the service was not created
        """
        if not self._app:
            raise RuntimeError("The application must be created before running")

        # Flask can operate as a single threaded server (which is default) and a multi-threaded server which is
        # more for development. When the Lambda container is going to be debugged, then it does not make sense
        # to turn on multi-threading because customers can realistically attach only one container at a time to
        # the debugger. Keeping this single threaded also enables the Lambda Runner to handle Ctrl+C in order to
        # kill the container gracefully (Ctrl+C can be handled only by the main thread)
        multi_threaded = not self.is_debugging

        LOG.debug("Localhost server is starting up. Multi-threading = %s", multi_threaded)

        # This environ signifies we are running a main function for Flask. This is true, since we are using it within
        # our cli and not on a production server.
        os.environ['WERKZEUG_RUN_MAIN'] = 'true'

        self._app.run(threaded=multi_threaded, host=self.host, port=self.port)
This starts up the (threaded) Local Server.
        Note: This is a **blocking call**

        Raises
        ------
        RuntimeError
            if the service was not created