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VBoxManage — Interface with VirtualBox. Includes all the functionality of the GUI and more. Some subcommands such

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Problem

How to use the VBoxManage command: Interface with VirtualBox. Includes all the functionality of the GUI and more. Some subcommands such as startvm have their own usage documentation. More information: <https://www.virtualbox.org/manual/ch08.html#vboxmanage-intro>.

Solution

VBoxManage — Interface with VirtualBox. Includes all the functionality of the GUI and more. Some subcommands such as startvm have their own usage documentation. More information: <https://www.virtualbox.org/manual/ch08.html#vboxmanage-intro>.

List all VirtualBox virtual machines:
VBoxManage list vms


Show information about a particular virtual machine:
VBoxManage showvminfo {{name|uuid}}


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


Start a virtual machine in headless mode:
VBoxManage startvm {{name|uuid}} --type headless


Shutdown the virtual machine and save its current state:
VBoxManage controlvm {{name|uuid}} savestate


Shutdown down the virtual machine without saving its state:
VBoxManage controlvm {{name|uuid}} poweroff


Update VBox extension packs:
VBoxManage extpack install --replace {{VboxExtensionPackFileName}}


Display help:
VBoxManage --help

Code Snippets

List all VirtualBox virtual machines

VBoxManage list vms

Show information about a particular virtual machine

VBoxManage showvminfo {{name|uuid}}

Start a virtual machine

VBoxManage startvm {{name|uuid}}

Start a virtual machine in headless mode

VBoxManage startvm {{name|uuid}} --type headless

Shutdown the virtual machine and save its current state

VBoxManage controlvm {{name|uuid}} savestate

Context

tldr-pages: common/VBoxManage

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