cannot start openvpn server. error message

romi1916

hi guys ,
i am trying to configure openvpn by following the site
http://bentasker.co.uk/documentation/19-security/97-openvpn-on-windows-2003

however i am getting this error message when i try to start the server
when i run "openvpn server.ovpn"

Fri Feb 24 17:13:48 2012 OpenVPN 2.2.2 Win32-MSVC++ [SSL] [LZO2] [PKCS11] built on Dec 15 2011
Fri Feb 24 17:13:48 2012 NOTE: OpenVPN 2.1 requires '--script-security 2' or higher to call user-defined scripts or executables
Fri Feb 24 17:13:48 2012 Cannot open dh1024.pem for DH parameters: error:02001002:system library:fopen:No such file or directory: error:2006D080:BIO routines:BIO_new_file:no such file
Fri Feb 24 17:13:48 2012 Exiting

I am pasting the server.ovpn file below

port 11943
proto udp
dev tun
ca "C:\\Program Files\\OpenVPN\\easy-rsa\\keys\\ca.crt"
cert "C:\\Program Files\\OpenVPN\\easy-rsa\\keys\\server.crt"
key "C:\\Program Files\\OpenVPN\\easy-rsa\\keys\\server.key" # This file should be kept secret
dh dh1024.pem
server 10.8.0.0 255.255.255.0
ifconfig-pool-persist ipp.txt
push "route 10.44.171.0 255.255.255.0"
push "redirect-gateway def1 bypass-dhcp"
push "dhcp-option DNS 10.44.72.25"
keepalive 10 120
comp-lzo
status openvpn-status.log
verb 3

Please reply soon and solve my issue.

maikcat

i edited your config & removed comment lines,

this error:

Fri Feb 24 17:13:48 2012 Cannot open dh1024.pem for DH parameters: error:02001002:system library:fopen:No such file or directory: error:2006D080:BIO routines:BIO_new_file:no such file

means that openvpn couldnt locate dh1024.pem file,

use absolute path name (like you did in ca,cert,key directives)
or you didnt build dh params at all...

cheers,

Michael.