basically everything that you can do with the super conveniant virtualbox gui you can do from the commandline on a headless server.
# set default vm directory # where all vms should reside in # also if you clone a vm it will be copied in this folder vboxmanage setproperty machinefolder /vms/ # register/add/import vm/make existing vm known to the system VBoxManage registervm /path/to/vm.vbox # unregister vm VBoxManage unregistervm /path/to/vm.vbox # list all registered vms VBoxManage list vms # show info about a particular vm # you can also use the vmid vboxmanage showvminfo vmname # start vm VBoxManage startvm vmName --type headless # should trigger orderly shutdown, if OS is listening to this event # like push of power button VBoxManage controlvm vmName acpipowerbutton # hard off # like pulling power cord VBoxManage controlvm vmName poweroff
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