Origin

Overview

Origin in CDN is the original server that contains all the original data of the website. This is where the original files such as images, videos, HTML, CSS, JavaScript, etc. are stored. All changes on the website originate from Origin before being distributed to the CDN's servers (Edge servers).

Detail

Currently, vCDN supports 3 types of Origin: HTTP Origin, S3 Origin and Host Origin . Specifically, please refer to the table below.

Origin Type

Describe

For example

Type of support service

HTTP Origin

Fetch content from a web server or application via the HTTP/HTTPS protocol.

A website hosted at https://example.com.

  • Web Accelerator

  • Object Download

  • Video On Demand

S3 Origin

Fetch content directly from S3 - compatible object storage services.

An S3 bucket has a URL like https://bucket-name.s3.amazonaws.com.

  • Object Download

  • Video On Demand

Host Origin

Data is served from a specific server or IP specified by the user.

Server at IP address 192.168.1.1or domain cdn-origin.example.com.

  • Object Download

  • Video On Demand

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