FTP, HTTP, AFS and RSYNC mirrors

Table Of Contents

• FTP install mirrors
• HTTP install mirrors
• AFS install mirrors
• RSYNC install mirrors
• Mirror layout

FTP

This is a list of currently known FTP servers & mirrors:

HTTP

AFS

• /afs/su.se/services/ftp/pub/OpenBSD
  Located at the University of Stockholm, Sweden.
  CellServDB entries for su.se:

  >su.se             # Stockholm University
  130.237.162.81          #afsdb1.su.se
  130.237.162.82          #afsdb2.su.se
  130.237.162.230         #afsdb3.su.se
  

• /afs/wu-wien.ac.at/public/ftp/pub/OpenBSD
  Located at the University of Economics, Vienna, Austria.
  CellServDB entries for wu-wien.ac.at:

  >wu-wien.ac.at     #University of Economics, Vienna, Austria
  137.208.3.33            #goya.wu-wien.ac.at
  137.208.7.57            #caravaggio.wu-wien.ac.at
  137.208.127.57          #vermeer.wu-wien.ac.at
  

• /afs/mrow.org/public/OpenBSD
  Located at the Rochester Institute of Technology, Rochester, NY, USA.
  CellServDB entries for mrow.org:

  >mrow.org          # MROW CELL
  129.21.205.119          #mirror.rit.edu
  88.198.46.111           #mrow.org
  

RSYNC

Structural Layout:

The file structure of each server is roughly:

• /pub/OpenBSD/
  Absolute path for HTTP and FTP mirrors where the OpenBSD FTP collection must be available. This location can be a link, if necessary.

• /pub/OpenBSD/4.7/
  Where you find our most recent release.
  • alpha/
  • amd64/
  • armish/
  • hp300/
  • hppa/
  • i386/
  • landisk/
  • mac68k/
  • macppc/
  • mvme68k/
  • mvme88k/
  • packages/
    Binary packages (pre-compiled ports) to install on your -stable system.
  • sgi/
  • socppc/
  • sparc/
  • sparc64/
  • tools/
    Tools for other operating systems (Windows, Linux and the like) to create boot floppies, change partition sizes and other things.
  • vax/
  • zaurus/
  • src.tar.gz
    Userland sources, which you would place in /usr/src. (This does not include kernel sources)
  • sys.tar.gz
    The Kernel sources, which you would place in /usr/src/sys.
  • ports.tar.gz
    The ports sources, which you would place in /usr/ports.
  • xenocara.tar.gz
    The X Window System (X11) sources.

• /pub/OpenBSD/snapshots/
  For our major architectures, we tend to build mini releases of unknown stability and quality about every month or so. This is where we place those test releases.

• /pub/OpenBSD/src/
  This is a cvs checkout of our daily source tree for those who want to access individual files. Normally we recommend the use of AnonCVS instead of mirroring this location. Thus, all ftp mirrors don't mirror this location.

• /pub/OpenBSD/doc/
  The OpenBSD FAQ in PDF and plain text, as well as other OpenBSD-related documentation.

• /pub/OpenBSD/tools/
  Various other little bits.
• /pub/OpenBSD/4.6/
  Layout is similar to the 4.7 release described above.. for the nostalgic.
• /pub/OpenBSD/4.5/
  Layout is similar to the 4.7 release described above.. for the nostalgic.
• /pub/OpenBSD/4.4/
  Layout is similar to the 4.7 release described above.. for the nostalgic.

People setting up new FTP/ANONCVS mirrors will be interested in the following information.
To be listed on this page we require fast, up-to-date, capable mirrors, well-connected to networks in the region in which they serve. Our policy requires mirrors to carry at least the last two releases in binary form (currently 4.6 and 4.7), snapshots, as well as the OpenSSH/, OpenNTPD/, OpenBGPD/, patches/ and tools/ directories, and keep them current; snapshots should not be older than a week. Mirror operators should subscribe to the low-volume mirrors-announce mailing list. Note that in the above, "release" means all files under the specific directory (e.g. 4.7/). This includes all architecture subdirectories and the complete packages subdirectory, with packages for all application architectures.
Depending on the disk space available, mirrors may provide more contents, such as snapshots, older releases, current source tree, etc.
The current disk space usage on the master ftp site, ftp://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/, is as follows:

                      current
pub/OpenBSD/4.5       65.0GB   (OpenBSD 4.5 release)
pub/OpenBSD/4.6       73.1GB   (OpenBSD 4.6 release)
pub/OpenBSD/4.7       81.9GB   (OpenBSD 4.7 release)
pub/OpenBSD/snapshots 83.1GB   (current snapshots, normally >= the last
				distribution in size)
pub/OpenBSD/src         .7GB   (ftpable src tree, checked out from anoncvs
				nightly. You should avoid using an ftp mirror
				to get this. It's better to just update it
				yourself with a checkout from a nearby anoncvs
				server.)

pub/OpenBSD/distfiles 40.9GB   (distfiles used by the ports subsystem
				makefiles. Do not mirror these yourself.
				The ports infrastructure only fetches from
				ftp.openbsd.org and ftp.usa.openbsd.org.)

If you add a new FTP, HTTP, AFS or RSYNC mirror site, please contact www@openbsd.org.