Origin certificates encrypt and secure data transfer between points of presence (POPs) and your origin server. An origin protocol is the protocol over which Edge Security Acceleration (ESA) POPs request resources from the origin server. ESA allows you to redirect requests to origin servers over HTTP, HTTPS, or the protocol used by the client.
Feature description
After you configure the origin protocol, ESA POPs request resources based on the specified protocol.
Origin Protocol:
Match Client: requests are redirected to the origin server over the protocol that is used by clients to access POPs. For example, if clients request resources over HTTP, ESA POPs use HTTP to retrieve content from the origin server.
HTTP: ESA POPs only use HTTP to retrieve content from the origin server.
HTTPS: ESA POPs only use HTTPS to retrieve content from the origin server.
Port: you can specify the port used for the protocol. The default ports are 80 for HTTP and 443 for HTTPS.
If you do not configure this parameter, Match Client is used by default.
Configure an origin protocol
Log on to the ESA console.
In the left-side navigation pane, click Websites.
On the Websites page, find the website that you want to manage, and click the website name or View Details in the Actions column.
In the left-side navigation pane, choose .
In the Origin Protocol and Port section, click Configure and select an origin protocol.
Click OK.