# Origin


Describes the origin resource of an Amazon Lightsail content delivery network (CDN) distribution.

An origin can be a Lightsail instance, bucket, or load balancer. A distribution pulls content from an origin, caches it, and serves it to viewers via a worldwide network of edge servers.

## Contents


 ** name **   <a name="Lightsail-Type-Origin-name"></a>
The name of the origin resource.  
Type: String  
Pattern: `\w[\w\-]*\w`   
Required: No

 ** protocolPolicy **   <a name="Lightsail-Type-Origin-protocolPolicy"></a>
The protocol that your Amazon Lightsail distribution uses when establishing a connection with your origin to pull content.  
Type: String  
Valid Values: `http-only | https-only`   
Required: No

 ** regionName **   <a name="Lightsail-Type-Origin-regionName"></a>
The AWS Region name of the origin resource.  
Type: String  
Valid Values: `us-east-1 | us-east-2 | us-west-1 | us-west-2 | eu-west-1 | eu-west-2 | eu-west-3 | eu-central-1 | eu-north-1 | ca-central-1 | ap-south-1 | ap-southeast-1 | ap-southeast-2 | ap-northeast-1 | ap-northeast-2 | ap-southeast-3 | ap-southeast-5`   
Required: No

 ** resourceType **   <a name="Lightsail-Type-Origin-resourceType"></a>
The resource type of the origin resource (*Instance*).  
Type: String  
Valid Values: `ContainerService | Instance | StaticIp | KeyPair | InstanceSnapshot | Domain | PeeredVpc | LoadBalancer | LoadBalancerTlsCertificate | Disk | DiskSnapshot | RelationalDatabase | RelationalDatabaseSnapshot | ExportSnapshotRecord | CloudFormationStackRecord | Alarm | ContactMethod | Distribution | Certificate | Bucket`   
Required: No

 ** responseTimeout **   <a name="Lightsail-Type-Origin-responseTimeout"></a>
The amount of time, in seconds, that the distribution waits for a response after forwarding a request to the origin. The minimum timeout is 1 second, the maximum is 60 seconds, and the default (if you don't specify otherwise) is 30 seconds.  
Type: Integer  
Required: No

## See Also


For more information about using this API in one of the language-specific AWS SDKs, see the following:
+  [AWS SDK for C\$1\$1](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/goto/SdkForCpp/lightsail-2016-11-28/Origin) 
+  [AWS SDK for Java V2](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/goto/SdkForJavaV2/lightsail-2016-11-28/Origin) 
+  [AWS SDK for Ruby V3](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/goto/SdkForRubyV3/lightsail-2016-11-28/Origin)