New install, whole disk, current latest Ghost....

After installing openvpn and then manually configuring a connection [ie making my own .ovpn files] the init script fails to run the openvpn up/down commands with a report 'Bash: failure to execute external program'.
It took me ages to realise what this message actually meant - that bash itself was missing...
Openvpn installs without bash as a required package.

Please consider making bash a default package for Ghost installations.
I think there's an assumption from the community of developers that it will always be present on a system.
Thanks,
Steve

pkg search openvpn

B.t.w., try wireguard if you can spend a bit of time on it. When using something like Proton then it is very easy to setup.

Thanks Hans, I've yet to try wireguard....
The openVpn install and setup isn't too bad - this page details the process:
https://protonvpn.com/support/linux-openvpn/
The only FreeBSD difference is
1. the folder for update-resove-conf script sits at /usr/local/etc/openvpn/
2. the opvn files need a path edit to this folder for the up/down commands to work.

Incidentally, Proton just released an in-house alternative to both wireguard and openvpn as an app for smnartphones [not pc].

Steve