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title: Adding an Origin
description: "You can configure multiple origins within a service. Each Origin is defined by a hostname or IP address, along with additional configuration properties. To add an Origin to your service: 1. Navigate to your service. 2. In the sidebar, under…"
url: "https://www.flumotion.com/docs/multiCDN/adding-an-origin/"
updated: "2026-09-09"
category: Guides / Origins
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# Adding an Origin

You can configure multiple origins within a service. Each Origin is defined by a hostname or IP address, along with additional configuration properties.

To add an Origin to your service:

1. Navigate to your service.
2. In the sidebar, under **Origin Management**, select **Origins**.
3. Click the **Create** button.
4. Complete the new Origin form:

- **Origin Address** – Enter the hostname or IP address of your origin server.
- **Protocol** – Select the protocol to be used between the CDN and your origin server.
- **Path** (Optional) – Specify the path to use when accessing the origin server. The default path is `/`. For example, if you set the Origin path to `/a/` and an end user accesses `https://www.example.com/test.html`, the following file will be retrieved from your Origin: `/a/test.html`.
- **S3** – Select this option if your origin server is an S3 bucket, such as an AWS S3 bucket or Google Cloud Storage bucket.

5. Click **Save**.

Once created, the new Origin will appear in the list of origins. You can then navigate to the **Domains** tab to configure a [Domain Mapping](https://www.flumotion.com/docs/multiCDN/manage-domain-mappings/) for this Origin.

**Note:** Traffic will not be routed to the new Origin unless a Domain Mapping is defined for it.