Cannot create PPTP interface

[mimino]

I'm trying to set up a PPTP tunnel and ran into the issue that is very similar to this: https://github.com/opnsense/core/issues/678

Interface 'pptp0' is never created. Can someone confirm/deny if this functionality is indeed broken?
I'm running the latest:

OPNsense 18.7.9-amd64
FreeBSD 11.1-RELEASE-p17
OpenSSL 1.0.2q 20 Nov 2018

Thanks.

[mimino]

Seems like there's a bug filed already about inability to create l2tp interfaces: https://github.com/opnsense/core/issues/2707

In the mean time I tried to create a tunnel manually. I created a mpd5 config file and was able to bring the tunnel up. The 'ng0' interface is being created but cannot be used in the web gui. It is also not listed as valid interface from the command prompt when I tried to do option 1) Assign interfaces via SSH. Does anyone know why?

[mimino]

Shameless bump, but can anyone please help create a pptp interface without GUI?

[guest19757]

Hello there,

I suspect, there's a disconnect between what Freebsb sees and what is stored in config.xml. Perhaps a crude experiment would to try:

If you try to add a l2tp device via Interfaces -> Point to Point -> Devices -> Add, you can insert all the details needed and save it, the web ui shows a interface l2tp0 which should be correct.

Then switch back to the console and manually add the missing interface?

Speaking for myself here, unless I tried this myself, I wouldn't have any proper advice on a workaround or help contribute to discovering the root cause.
Regards,
H