VBoxManage
Command-line interface to VirtualBox. Includes all the functionality of the GUI and more. 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}}
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