Start OpenVPN tunnel without password

[da_zhuang]

Dear all:

I'm very new to openvpn, and I need some help with the configuration. I'm using ubuntu 12.04 machine and latest openvpn. I create a script that runs openvpn and put it in /etc/init.d/:

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case "$1" in
'start')
        sudo openvpn --script-security 2 --config /opt/client/client.conf --writepid /opt/client/openvpn.pid
        ;;
'stop')
        sudo killall -9 openvpn
        sudo rm /opt/client/openvpn.pid
        ;;
*)
        echo "Usage: $0 { start | stop }"
        ;;
esac
exit 0

When it gets started, it always asks for password. I want to automate this process and I try to avoid typing password every time, but I don't know what to put in config file.
My config file is this:

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client
proto udp
dev tun
ca ca.crt
dh dh2048.pem
cert client.crt
key client.key
remote 184.106.135.165 1194
cipher AES-256-CBC
user nobody
group nogroup
verb 2
mute 20
comp-lzo
persist-key
persist-tun
float
resolv-retry infinite
daemon
ping 5
ping-restart 10
nobind
push "route 184.0.172.0 255.255.255.0"
push "route 184.0.0.0 255.255.255.0"
push "route 184.0.1.0 255.255.255.0"
push "route 184.0.8.0 255.255.255.0"
push "route 184.0.11.0 255.255.255.0"
push "route 184.0.12.0 255.255.255.0"
push "route 184.0.44.0 255.255.255.0"
push "route 184.0.63.0 255.255.255.0"
push "route 184.0.152.0 255.255.255.0"
push "route 184.0.191.0 255.255.255.0"

[maikcat]

hi there,

When it gets started, it always asks for password

did you protect client.key with a password?

Michael.