Processing files via edge computing device

At a computing device configured to be located between a local network and a cloud computing service, a method comprising

• receiving, from a device within the local network, a file at the computing device;
• responsive to receiving the file, generating a file event and providing the file event to a virtual machine, the file event indicating receipt of the file at the computing device, the virtual machine including two or more containers in each of which one or more programs operate;
• upon receiving the file event at the virtual machine, and based at least upon a property of the file, identifying at the virtual machine a selected container of the two or more containers to which to provide the file, and providing the file to a selected program operating in the selected container;
• sending a result of executing the selected program on the file to the cloud computing service;
• and
• based at least on a bandwidth of a network connection to the cloud computing service meeting a threshold bandwidth, sending the file to the cloud computing service.

An edge computing device configured to be located between a local network and a cloud computing service, the edge computing device comprising

• a logic machine;
• and
• one or more storage machines comprising instructions executable by the logic machine to
• receive, from a device within the local network, a file;
• via a file event generator, and based at least upon a property of the file, generate a file event and provide the file event to a virtual machine executed on the edge computing device;
• based at least upon the property of the file, provide access to the file to a containerized program operating within an instance of the virtual machine by mounting at least a portion of storage space at which the file is stored;
• send a result of executing the containerized program on the file to the cloud computing service;
• and
• based at least on a bandwidth of a network connection to the cloud computing service meeting a threshold bandwidth, send the file to the cloud computing service.