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VBoxManage startvm — Start a virtual machine. More information: <https://www.virtualbox.org/manual/ch08.html#vboxmanage-s

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Problem

How to use the VBoxManage startvm command: Start a virtual machine. More information: <https://www.virtualbox.org/manual/ch08.html#vboxmanage-startvm>.

Solution

VBoxManage startvm — Start a virtual machine. More information: <https://www.virtualbox.org/manual/ch08.html#vboxmanage-startvm>.

Start a virtual machine:
VBoxManage startvm {{vm_name|uuid}}


Start a virtual machine with the specified UI mode:
VBoxManage startvm {{vm_name|uuid}} --type {{headless|gui|sdl|separate}}


Specify a password file to start an encrypted virtual machine:
VBoxManage startvm {{vm_name|uuid}} --password {{path/to/password_file}}


Specify a password ID to start an encrypted virtual machine:
VBoxManage startvm {{vm_name|uuid}} --password-id {{password_id}}


Start a virtual machine with an environment variable pair name value:
VBoxManage startvm {{vm_name|uuid}} {{[-E|--putenv]}} {{name}}={{value}}

Code Snippets

Start a virtual machine

VBoxManage startvm {{vm_name|uuid}}

Start a virtual machine with the specified UI mode

VBoxManage startvm {{vm_name|uuid}} --type {{headless|gui|sdl|separate}}

Specify a password file to start an encrypted virtual machine

VBoxManage startvm {{vm_name|uuid}} --password {{path/to/password_file}}

Specify a password ID to start an encrypted virtual machine

VBoxManage startvm {{vm_name|uuid}} --password-id {{password_id}}

Start a virtual machine with an environment variable pair name value

VBoxManage startvm {{vm_name|uuid}} {{[-E|--putenv]}} {{name}}={{value}}

Context

tldr-pages: common/VBoxManage startvm

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