OpenBSD can also be obtained via HTTP or FTP. Typically you need a single small piece of boot media and then the rest of the files can be installed from a number of locations, including directly off the internet. Consult the installation guide for details.
Choose a mirror near you from the following list of HTTP, FTP and rsync mirrors which provide OpenBSD.
See below for the directory layout of mirrors and information for prospective mirrors.
| Australia (Adelaide) | rsync://mirror.internode.on.net/openbsd/ |
| Australia (Brisbane) | rsync://mirror.aarnet.edu.au/openbsd/ |
| Austria (Vienna) | rsync://ftp5.eu.openbsd.org/OpenBSD/ |
| Austria (Vienna) | rsync://ftp2.eu.openbsd.org/OpenBSD/ |
| Brazil (Curitiba) | rsync://openbsd.c3sl.ufpr.br/openbsd/ |
| Bulgaria (Sofia) | rsync://openbsd.ipacct.com/OpenBSD/ |
| Canada (Toronto, ON) | rsync://openbsd.cs.toronto.edu/openbsd/ |
| Denmark (Copenhagen) | rsync://mirror.one.com/openbsd/ |
| Estonia (Tallinn) | rsync://ftp.aso.ee/OpenBSD/ |
| France (Paris) | rsync://ftp.fr.openbsd.org/OpenBSD/ |
| France (Paris) | rsync://ftp2.fr.openbsd.org/OpenBSD/ |
| France (Paris) | rsync://mirrors.ircam.fr/pub/OpenBSD/ |
| Germany (Berlin) | rsync://ftp.spline.de/OpenBSD/ |
| Germany (Aachen) | rsync://ftp.halifax.rwth-aachen.de/openbsd/ |
| Germany (Frankfurt) | rsync://ftp.hostserver.de/OpenBSD/ |
| Indonesia (Surabaya, Java) | rsync://kartolo.sby.datautama.net.id/OpenBSD/ |
| Ireland (Dublin) | rsync://ftp.heanet.ie/pub/OpenBSD/ |
| Italy (Rome) | rsync://openbsd.mirror.garr.it/OpenBSD/ |
| Japan (Ishikawa) | rsync://ftp.jaist.ac.jp/pub/OpenBSD/ |
| Japan (Saitama) | rsync://ftp.kddilabs.jp/openbsd/ |
| Lithuania (Kaunas) | rsync://mirror.litnet.lt/OpenBSD/ |
| The Netherlands (Amsterdam) | rsync://mirror.meerval.net/OpenBSD/ |
| The Netherlands (Utrecht) | rsync://ftp.nluug.nl/openbsd/ |
| The Netherlands (Ede) | rsync://ftp.bit.nl/mirror/OpenBSD/ |
| The Netherlands (Amsterdam) | rsync://mirrors.dalenys.com/OpenBSD/ |
| Poland (Oswiecim) | rsync://ftp.piotrkosoft.net/OpenBSD/ |
| Poland (Warszawa) | rsync://ftp.icm.edu.pl/pub/OpenBSD/ |
| Romania (Bucharest) | rsync://mirrors.pidginhost.com/OpenBSD/ |
| Sweden (Stockholm) | rsync://ftp.eu.openbsd.org/OpenBSD/ |
| Taiwan (Taoyuan) | rsync://ftp.yzu.edu.tw/BSD/OpenBSD/ |
| Ukraine (Kyiv) | rsync://rsync.eject.name/openbsd/ |
| United Kingdom (Kent) | rsync://rsync.mirrorservice.org/ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/ |
| United Kingdom (Coventry) | rsync://anorien.csc.warwick.ac.uk/OpenBSD/ |
| United Kingdom (Manchester) | rsync://mirror.bytemark.co.uk/OpenBSD/ |
| United Kingdom (London) | rsync://mirror.exonetric.net/OpenBSD/ |
| USA (Boulder, CO) | rsync://ftp3.usa.openbsd.org/ftp/ |
| USA (Boise, ID) | rsync://mirrors.syringanetworks.net/OpenBSD/ |
| USA (New York, NY) | rsync://ftp4.usa.openbsd.org/ftp/ |
| USA (Rochester, NY) | rsync://ftp5.usa.openbsd.org/ftp/ |
| USA (Dallas, TX) | rsync://mirror.esc7.net/openbsd/ |
| USA (Harrisonburg, VA) | rsync://mirror.jmu.edu/OpenBSD/ |
The file structure of each server is roughly:
To be listed on this page we require mirrors to be fast, up to date, capable, and well-connected to networks in the region in which they serve.
Mirrors must carry the following:
A suggested httpd.conf(5) configuration for httpd(8) that is suitable for being www and ftp space mirror is here.
Operators of mirrors who are interested in having their site added to the list on this page should contact mirrors-discuss@openbsd.org with further details about their site, including network connectivity, geographic location, and general information. We will suggest a suitable second-level mirror to sync from; do not mirror from ftp.openbsd.org.
Mirror operators should subscribe to the low-volume mirrors-announce mailing list.