OpenBSD Introduction

The OpenBSD FAQ and man pages are the final source of information for OpenBSD. You can also often search official project pages. For example, here are the project pages for relayd and OpenSMTPd.

Sample Config Files

Many system daemons that come bundled in OpenBSD base have sample configuration files that you can reference in /etc/examples/. For example, suppose you want to configure a web server. First, start with:

$ doas cp /etc/examples/httpd.conf /etc/httpd.conf

Then work using that configuration file as a template.

Package READMEs

Take a look at any README files in /usr/local/share/doc/pkg-readmes/ . Often there are special configuration instructions to get a package to work properly on OpenBSD.

Mailing Lists

You can often find your questions answered by searching through the OpenBSD mailing lists, which are conveniently archived at marc.info. These are often answered by the OpenBSD developers themselves.

IRC Chat Room

You can find help in our unofficial OpenBSD IRC channel at irc.ircnow.org/#openbsd. But before you ask a question, learn how to ask questions.