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NAME

VBoxManage - x86 virtualization solution

DESCRIPTION

Oracle VM VirtualBox Command Line Management Interface Version 7.0.16 Copyright © 2005-2024 Oracle and/or its affiliates

Usage - Oracle VM VirtualBox command-line interface:

VBoxManage [-V | --version] [--dump-build-type] [-q | --nologo] [--settingspw=password] [--settingspwfile=pw-file] [@response-file] [[help] subcommand]
VBoxManage list [--long] [--sorted] [bridgedifs | cloudnets | cloudprofiles | cloudproviders | cpu-profiles | dhcpservers | dvds | extpacks | floppies | groups | hddbackends | hdds | hostcpuids | hostdrives |
hostdvds | hostfloppies | hostinfo | hostonlyifs | hostonlynets | intnets | natnets | ostypes | runningvms | screenshotformats | systemproperties | usbfilters | usbhost | vms | webcams]
VBoxManage showvminfo <uuid | vmname> [--details] [--machinereadable] [--password-id] [--password]
VBoxManage showvminfo <uuid | vmname> <--log=index> [--password-id id] [--password file|-]
VBoxManage registervm <filename> --password file
VBoxManage unregistervm <uuid | vmname> [--delete] [--delete-all]
VBoxManage createvm <--name=name> [--basefolder=basefolder] [--default] [--groups=group-ID,...] [--ostype=ostype] [--register] [--uuid=uuid] [--cipher cipher] [--password-id password-id] [--password file]
group [,group...] ] [--description=description] [--os-type=OS-type] [--icon-file=filename] [--memory=size-in-MB] [--page-fusion= on | off ]
[--vram=size-in-MB] [--acpi= on | off ] [--ioapic= on | off ] [--hardware-uuid=UUID] [--cpus=CPU-count] [--cpu-hotplug= on | off ] [--plug-cpu=CPU-ID] [--unplug-cpu=CPU-ID] [--cpu-execution-cap=number] [--pae= on | off ] [--long-mode= on | off ] [--ibpb-on-vm-exit= on | off ] [--ibpb-on-vm-entry= on | off ] [--spec-ctrl= on | off ] [--l1d-flush-on-sched= on | off ] [--l1d-flush-on-vm-entry= on | off ] [--mds-clear-on-sched= on | off ] [--mds-clear-on-vm-entry= on | off ] [--cpu-profile= host | Intel 8086 | Intel 80286 | Intel 80386 ] [--hpet= on | off ] [--hwvirtex= on | off ] [--triple-fault-reset= on | off ] [--apic= on | off ] [--x2apic= on | off ] [--paravirt-provider= none | default | legacy | minimal | hyperv | kvm ] [--paravirt-debug= key=value [,key=value...] ] [--nested-paging= on | off ] [--large-pages= on | off ] [--vtx-vpid= on | off ] [--vtx-ux= on | off ] [--nested-hw-virt= on | off ] [--virt-vmsave-vmload= on | off ] [--accelerate-3d= on | off ] [--accelerate-2d-video= on | off ] [--chipset= ich9 | piix3 ] [--iommu= none | automatic | amd | intel ] [--tpm-type= none | 1.2 | 2.0 | host | swtpm ] [--tpm-location= location ] [--bios-logo-fade-in= on | off ] [--bios-logo-fade-out= on | off ] [--bios-logo-display-time=msec] [--bios-logo-image-path=pathname] [--bios-boot-menu= disabled | menuonly | messageandmenu ] [--bios-apic= disabled | apic | x2apic ] [--bios-system-time-offset=msec] [--bios-pxe-debug= on | off ] [--system-uuid-le= on | off ] [--bootX= none | floppy | dvd | disk | net ] [--rtc-use-utc= on | off ] [--graphicscontroller= none | vboxvga | vmsvga | vboxsvga ] [--snapshot-folder= default | pathname ] [--firmware= bios | efi | efi32 | efi64 ] [--guest-memory-balloon=size-in-MB] [--default-frontend= default | name ] [--vm-process-priority= default | flat | low | normal | high ]
VBoxManage modifyvm <uuid | vmname> [--nicN= none | null | nat | bridged | intnet | hostonly | hostonlynet | generic | natnetwork | cloud ] [--nic-typeN= Am79C970A | Am79C973 | 82540EM | 82543GC | 82545EM |
[value] ] [--nic-speedN=kbps] [--nic-boot-prioN=priority] [--nic-promiscN= deny |
allow-vms | allow-all ] [--nic-bandwidth-groupN= none | name ] [--bridge-adapterN= none | device-name ] [--cloud-networkN=network-name] [--host-only-adapterN= none | device-name ] [--host-only-netN=network-name] [--intnetN=network-name] [--nat-networkN=network-name] [--nic-generic-drvN=driver-name] [--mac-addressN= auto | MAC-address ]
VBoxManage modifyvm <uuid | vmname> [--nat-netN= network | default ] [--nat-pfN= [rule-name],tcp | udp,[host-IP],hostport,[guest-IP],guestport ] [--nat-pfN=delete=rule-name] [--nat-tftp-prefixN=prefix]
[--nat-tftp-fileN=filename] [--nat-tftp-serverN=IP-address] [--nat-bind-ipN=IP-address] [--nat-dns-pass-domainN= on | off ] [--nat-dns-proxyN= on | off ] [--nat-dns-host-resolverN= on | off ] [--nat-localhostreachableN= on | off ] [--nat-settingsN=[mtu],[socksnd],[sockrcv],[tcpsnd],[tcprcv]] [--nat-alias-modeN= default | [log],[proxyonly],[sameports] ]
VBoxManage modifyvm <uuid | vmname> [--mouse= ps2 | usb | usbtablet | usbmultitouch | usbmtscreenpluspad ] [--keyboard= ps2 | usb ] [--uartN= off | IO-baseIRQ ] [--uart-modeN= disconnected | server pipe |
client pipe | tcpserver port | tcpclient hostname:port | file filename | device-name ] [--uart-typeN= 16450 | 16550A | 16750 ] [--lpt-modeN=device-name] [--lptN= off | IO-baseIRQ ] [--audio-controller= ac97 | hda | sb16 ] [--audio-codec= stac9700 | ad1980 | stac9221 | sb16 ] [--audio-driver= none | default | null | dsound | was | oss | alsa | pulse | coreaudio ] [--audio-enabled= on | off ] [--audio-in= on | off ] [--audio-out= on | off ] [--clipboard-mode= disabled | hosttoguest | guesttohost | bidirectional ] [--drag-and-drop= disabled | hosttoguest | guesttohost | bidirectional ] [--monitor-count=number] [--usb-ehci= on | off ] [--usb-ohci= on | off ] [--usb-xhci= on | off ] [--usb-rename=old-namenew-name]
VBoxManage modifyvm <uuid | vmname> [--recording= on | off ] [--recording-screens= all | none | screen-ID[,screen-ID...] ] [--recording-file=filename] [--recording-max-size=MB] [--recording-max-time=msec]
[--recording-opts=
key=value[,key=value...] ] [--recording-video-fps=fps] [--recording-video-rate=rate] [--recording-video-res=widthheight]
[property-value] ] [--vrde-extpack= default | name ] [--vrde-port=port] [--vrde-address=hostip] [--vrde-auth-type= null
| external | guest ] [--vrde-auth-library= default | name ] [--vrde-multi-con= on | off ] [--vrde-reuse-con= on | off ] [--vrde-video-channel= on | off ] [--vrde-video-channel-quality=percent]
VBoxManage modifyvm <uuid | vmname> [--teleporter= on | off ] [--teleporter-port=port] [--teleporter-address= address | empty ] [--teleporter-password=password] [--teleporter-password-file= filename | stdin ]
[--cpuid-portability-level=level] [--cpuid-set=leaf [:subleaf] eax??ebx??ecx??edx] [--cpuid-remove=leaf [:subleaf] ] [--cpuid-remove-all]
VBoxManage modifyvm <uuid | vmname> [--tracing-enabled= on | off ] [--tracing-config=string] [--tracing-allow-vm-access= on | off ]
VBoxManage modifyvm <uuid | vmname> [--usb-card-reader= on | off ]
VBoxManage modifyvm <uuid | vmname> [--autostart-enabled= on | off ] [--autostart-delay=seconds]
VBoxManage modifyvm <uuid | vmname> [--guest-debug-provider= none | native | gdb | kd ] [--guest-debug-io-provider= none | tcp | udp | ipc ] [--guest-debug-address= IP-Address | path ]
[--guest-debug-port=port]
VBoxManage modifyvm <uuid | vmname> [--pci-attach=host-PCI-address [@guest-PCI-bus-address] ] [--pci-detach=host-PCI-address]
VBoxManage modifyvm <uuid | vmname> [--testing-enabled= on | off ] [--testing-mmio= on | off ] [--testing-cfg-dwordidx=value]
VBoxManage snapshot <uuid|vmname>
VBoxManage snapshot <uuid|vmname> take <snapshot-name> [--description=description] [--live] [--uniquename Number,Timestamp,Space,Force]
VBoxManage snapshot <uuid|vmname> delete <snapshot-name>
VBoxManage snapshot <uuid|vmname> restore <snapshot-name>
VBoxManage snapshot <uuid|vmname> restorecurrent
VBoxManage snapshot <uuid|vmname> edit <snapshot-name | --current> [--description=description] [--name=new-name]
VBoxManage snapshot <uuid|vmname> list [--details | --machinereadable]
VBoxManage snapshot <uuid|vmname> showvminfo <snapshot-name>
VBoxManage clonevm <vmname|uuid> [--basefolder=basefolder] [--groups=group,...] [--mode=machine | --mode=machinechildren | --mode=all] [--name=name] [--options=option,...] [--register]
[--snapshot=snapshot-name] [--uuid=uuid]
VBoxManage movevm <uuid | vmname> [--type=basic] [--folder=folder-name]
VBoxManage encryptvm <uuid | vmname> setencryption --old-password file --cipher cipher-identifier --new-password file --new-password-id password-identifier --force
VBoxManage encryptvm <uuid | vmname> checkpassword <file>
VBoxManage encryptvm <uuid | vmname> addpassword --password file --password-id password-identifier
VBoxManage encryptvm <uuid | vmname> removepassword <password-identifier>
VBoxManage startvm <uuid | vmname...> [--putenv=name[=value]] [--type= [gui | headless | sdl | separate] ] --password file --password-id password identifier
VBoxManage controlvm <uuid | vmname> pause
VBoxManage controlvm <uuid | vmname> resume
VBoxManage controlvm <uuid | vmname> reset
VBoxManage controlvm <uuid | vmname> poweroff
VBoxManage controlvm <uuid | vmname> savestate
VBoxManage controlvm <uuid | vmname> acpipowerbutton
VBoxManage controlvm <uuid | vmname> acpisleepbutton
VBoxManage controlvm <uuid | vmname> reboot
VBoxManage controlvm <uuid | vmname> shutdown [--force]
VBoxManage controlvm <uuid | vmname> keyboardputscancode <hex> [hex...]
VBoxManage controlvm <uuid | vmname> keyboardputstring <string> [string...]
VBoxManage controlvm <uuid | vmname> keyboardputfile <filename>
VBoxManage controlvm <uuid | vmname> setlinkstateN <on | off>
VBoxManage controlvm <uuid | vmname> nicN <null | nat | bridged | intnet | hostonly | generic | natnetwork> [device-name]
VBoxManage controlvm <uuid | vmname> nictraceN <on | off>
VBoxManage controlvm <uuid | vmname> nictracefileN <filename>
VBoxManage controlvm <uuid | vmname> nicpropertyN <prop-name=prop-value>
VBoxManage controlvm <uuid | vmname> nicpromiscN <deny | allow-vms | allow-all>
VBoxManage controlvm <uuid | vmname> natpfN <[rulename] ,tcp | udp, host-IP, hostport, guest-IP, guestport>
VBoxManage controlvm <uuid | vmname> natpfN delete <rulename>
VBoxManage controlvm <uuid | vmname> guestmemoryballoon <balloon-size>
VBoxManage controlvm <uuid | vmname> usbattach <uuid | address> [--capturefile=filename]
VBoxManage controlvm <uuid | vmname> usbdetach <uuid | address>
VBoxManage controlvm <uuid | vmname> audioin <on | off>
VBoxManage controlvm <uuid | vmname> audioout <on | off>
VBoxManage controlvm <uuid | vmname> clipboard mode <disabled | hosttoguest | guesttohost | bidirectional>
VBoxManage controlvm <uuid | vmname> clipboard filetransfers <on | off>
VBoxManage controlvm <uuid | vmname> draganddrop <disabled | hosttoguest | guesttohost | bidirectional>
VBoxManage controlvm <uuid | vmname> vrde <on | off>
VBoxManage controlvm <uuid | vmname> vrdeport <port>
VBoxManage controlvm <uuid | vmname> vrdeproperty <prop-name=prop-value>
VBoxManage controlvm <uuid | vmname> vrdevideochannelquality <percentage>
[enabled:yes | no | x-origin??y-origin] ]
VBoxManage controlvm <uuid | vmname> setscreenlayout <display> <on | primary x-origin??y-origin??x-resolution??y-resolution??bpp | off>
VBoxManage controlvm <uuid | vmname> screenshotpng <filename> [display]
VBoxManage controlvm <uuid | vmname> recording <on | off>
VBoxManage controlvm <uuid | vmname> recording screens <all | none | screen-ID[,screen-ID...]>
VBoxManage controlvm <uuid | vmname> recording filename <filename>
VBoxManage controlvm <uuid | vmname> recording videores <widthxheight>
VBoxManage controlvm <uuid | vmname> recording videorate <rate>
VBoxManage controlvm <uuid | vmname> recording videofps <fps>
VBoxManage controlvm <uuid | vmname> recording maxtime <sec>
VBoxManage controlvm <uuid | vmname> recording maxfilesize <MB>
<domain-name> --allowlocallogon= <yes | no>
VBoxManage controlvm <uuid | vmname> teleport <--host=host-name> <--port=port-name> [--maxdowntime=msec] [--passwordfile=filename | --password=password]
VBoxManage controlvm <uuid | vmname> plugcpu <ID>
VBoxManage controlvm <uuid | vmname> unplugcpu <ID>
VBoxManage controlvm <uuid | vmname> cpuexecutioncap <num>
VBoxManage controlvm <uuid | vmname> vm-process-priority <default | flat | low | normal | high>
VBoxManage controlvm <uuid | vmname> webcam attach [pathname [settings] ]
VBoxManage controlvm <uuid | vmname> webcam detach [pathname]
VBoxManage controlvm <uuid | vmname> webcam list
VBoxManage controlvm <uuid | vmname> addencpassword <ID> <password-file | -> [--removeonsuspend= yes | no ]
VBoxManage controlvm <uuid | vmname> removeencpassword <ID>
VBoxManage controlvm <uuid | vmname> removeallencpasswords
VBoxManage controlvm <uuid | vmname> changeuartmodeN disconnected | server pipe-name | client pipe-name | tcpserver port | tcpclient hostname:port | file filename | device-name
VBoxManage controlvm <uuid | vmname> autostart-enabledN on | off
VBoxManage controlvm <uuid | vmname> autostart-delayseconds
VBoxManage import <ovfname | ovaname> [--dry-run] [--options= keepallmacs | keepnatmacs | importtovdi ] [--vsys=n] [--ostype=ostype] [--vmname=name] [--settingsfile=file] [--basefolder=folder] [--group=group]
[--memory=MB] [--cpus=n] [--description=text] [--eula= show | accept ] [--unit=n] [--ignore] [--scsitype= BusLogic | LsiLogic ] [--disk=path] [--controller=index] [--port=n]
VBoxManage import OCI:// --cloud [--ostype=ostype] [--vmname=name] [--basefolder=folder] [--memory=MB] [--cpus=n] [--description=text] <--cloudprofile=profile> <--cloudinstanceid=id> [--cloudbucket=bucket]
VBoxManage export <machines> <--output=name> [--legacy09 | --ovf09 | --ovf10 | --ovf20] [--manifest] [--options= manifest | iso | nomacs | nomacsbutnat... ] [--vsys=virtual-system-number]
[--description=description-info] [--eula=license-text] [--eulafile=filename] [--product=product-name] [--producturl=product-URL] [--vendor=vendor-name] [--vendorurl=vendor-URL] [--version=version-info] [--vmname=vmname]
VBoxManage export <machine> <--output=cloud-service-provider> [--opc10] [--vmname=vmname] [--cloud=virtual-system-number] [--cloudprofile=cloud-profile-name] [--cloudshape=cloud-shape-name]
[--clouddomain=cloud-domain] [--clouddisksize=disk-size-in-GB] [--cloudbucket=bucket-name] [--cloudocivcn=OCI-VCN-ID] [--cloudocisubnet=OCI-subnet-ID] [--cloudkeepobject= true | false ] [--cloudlaunchinstance= true | false ] [--cloudlaunchmode= EMULATED | PARAVIRTUALIZED ] [--cloudpublicip= true | false ]
VBoxManage mediumio <--disk=uuid|filename | --dvd=uuid|filename | --floppy=uuid|filename> [--password-file=-|filename] formatfat [--quick]
VBoxManage mediumio <--disk=uuid|filename | --dvd=uuid|filename | --floppy=uuid|filename> [--password-file=-|filename] cat [--hex] [--offset=byte-offset] [--size=bytes] [--output=-|filename]
VBoxManage mediumio <--disk=uuid|filename | --dvd=uuid|filename | --floppy=uuid|filename> [--password-file=-|filename] stream [--format=image-format] [--variant=image-variant] [--output=-|filename]
VBoxManage sharedfolder add <uuid | vmname> <--name=name> <--hostpath=hostpath> [--readonly] [--transient] [--automount] [--auto-mount-point=path]
VBoxManage sharedfolder remove <uuid | vmname> <--name=name> [--transient]
VBoxManage dhcpserver add <--network=netname | --interface=ifname> <--server-ip=address> <--netmask=mask> <--lower-ip=address> <--upper-ip=address> <--enable | --disable>
[--global | --set-opt=dhcp-opt-no value... | --set-opt-hex=dhcp-opt-no hexstring... | --force-opt=dhcp-opt-no... | --supress-opt=dhcp-opt-no... | --min-lease-time=seconds | --default-lease-time=seconds |
--max-lease-time=seconds...]
[--group=name | --set-opt=dhcp-opt-no value... | --set-opt-hex=dhcp-opt-no hexstring... | --force-opt=dhcp-opt-no... | --supress-opt=dhcp-opt-no... | --incl-mac=address... | --excl-mac=address... |
--incl-mac-wild=pattern... | --excl-mac-wild=pattern... | --incl-vendor=string... | --excl-vendor=string... | --incl-vendor-wild=pattern... | --excl-vendor-wild=pattern... | --incl-user=string... | --excl-user=string... | --incl-user-wild=pattern... | --excl-user-wild=pattern... | --min-lease-time=seconds | --default-lease-time=seconds | --max-lease-time=seconds...]
[--vm=name|uuid | --nic=1-N | --set-opt=dhcp-opt-no value... | --set-opt-hex=dhcp-opt-no hexstring... | --force-opt=dhcp-opt-no... | --supress-opt=dhcp-opt-no... | --min-lease-time=seconds |
--default-lease-time=seconds | --max-lease-time=seconds | --fixed-address=address...]
[--mac-address=address | --set-opt=dhcp-opt-no value... | --set-opt-hex=dhcp-opt-no hexstring... | --force-opt=dhcp-opt-no... | --supress-opt=dhcp-opt-no... | --min-lease-time=seconds |
--default-lease-time=seconds | --max-lease-time=seconds | --fixed-address=address...]
VBoxManage dhcpserver modify <--network=netname | --interface=ifname> [--server-ip=address] [--lower-ip=address] [--upper-ip=address] [--netmask=mask] [--enable | --disable]
[--global | --del-opt=dhcp-opt-no... | --set-opt=dhcp-opt-no value... | --set-opt-hex=dhcp-opt-no hexstring... | --force-opt=dhcp-opt-no... | --unforce-opt=dhcp-opt-no... | --supress-opt=dhcp-opt-no... |
--unsupress-opt=dhcp-opt-no... | --min-lease-time=seconds | --default-lease-time=seconds | --max-lease-time=seconds | --remove-config...]
[--group=name | --set-opt=dhcp-opt-no value... | --set-opt-hex=dhcp-opt-no hexstring... | --force-opt=dhcp-opt-no... | --unforce-opt=dhcp-opt-no... | --supress-opt=dhcp-opt-no... |
--unsupress-opt=dhcp-opt-no... | --del-mac=address... | --incl-mac=address... | --excl-mac=address... | --del-mac-wild=pattern... | --incl-mac-wild=pattern... | --excl-mac-wild=pattern... | --del-vendor=string... | --incl-vendor=string... | --excl-vendor=string... | --del-vendor-wild=pattern... | --incl-vendor-wild=pattern... | --excl-vendor-wild=pattern... | --del-user=string... | --incl-user=string... | --excl-user=string... | --del-user-wild=pattern... | --incl-user-wild=pattern... | --excl-user-wild=pattern... | --zap-conditions | --min-lease-time=seconds | --default-lease-time=seconds | --max-lease-time=seconds | --remove-config...]
[--vm=name|uuid | --nic=1-N | --del-opt=dhcp-opt-no... | --set-opt=dhcp-opt-no value... | --set-opt-hex=dhcp-opt-no hexstring... | --force-opt=dhcp-opt-no... | --unforce-opt=dhcp-opt-no... |
--supress-opt=dhcp-opt-no... | --unsupress-opt=dhcp-opt-no... | --min-lease-time=seconds | --default-lease-time=seconds | --max-lease-time=seconds | --fixed-address=address | --remove-config...]
[--mac-address=address | --del-opt=dhcp-opt-no... | --set-opt=dhcp-opt-no value... | --set-opt-hex=dhcp-opt-no hexstring... | --force-opt=dhcp-opt-no... | --unforce-opt=dhcp-opt-no... |
--supress-opt=dhcp-opt-no... | --unsupress-opt=dhcp-opt-no... | --min-lease-time=seconds | --default-lease-time=seconds | --max-lease-time=seconds | --fixed-address=address | --remove-config...]
VBoxManage dhcpserver remove <--network=netname | --interface=ifname>
VBoxManage dhcpserver start <--network=netname | --interface=ifname>
VBoxManage dhcpserver restart <--network=netname | --interface=ifname>
VBoxManage dhcpserver stop <--network=netname | --interface=ifname>
VBoxManage dhcpserver findlease <--network=netname | --interface=ifname> <--mac-address=mac>
VBoxManage debugvm <uuid|vmname> dumpvmcore [--filename=name]
VBoxManage debugvm <uuid|vmname> info <item> [args...]
VBoxManage debugvm <uuid|vmname> injectnmi
VBoxManage debugvm <uuid|vmname> log [--release | --debug] [group-settings...]
VBoxManage debugvm <uuid|vmname> logdest [--release | --debug] [destinations...]
VBoxManage debugvm <uuid|vmname> logflags [--release | --debug] [flags...]
VBoxManage debugvm <uuid|vmname> osdetect
VBoxManage debugvm <uuid|vmname> osinfo
VBoxManage debugvm <uuid|vmname> osdmesg [--lines=lines]
VBoxManage debugvm <uuid|vmname> getregisters [--cpu=id] [reg-set.reg-name...]
VBoxManage debugvm <uuid|vmname> setregisters [--cpu=id] [reg-set.reg-name=value...]
VBoxManage debugvm <uuid|vmname> show [--human-readable | --sh-export | --sh-eval | --cmd-set] [settings-item...]
VBoxManage debugvm <uuid|vmname> stack [--cpu=id]
VBoxManage debugvm <uuid|vmname> statistics [--reset] [--descriptions] [--pattern=pattern]
VBoxManage debugvm <uuid|vmname> guestsample [--filename=filename] [--sample-interval-us=interval] [--sample-time-us=time]
VBoxManage extpack install [--replace] [--accept-license=sha256] <tarball>
VBoxManage extpack uninstall [--force] <name>
VBoxManage extpack cleanup
VBoxManage unattended detect <--iso=install-iso> [--machine-readable]
VBoxManage unattended install <uuid|vmname> <--iso=install-iso> [--user=login] [--password=password] [--password-file=file] [--full-user-name=name] [--key=product-key] [--install-additions]
[--no-install-additions] [--additions-iso=add-iso] [--install-txs] [--no-install-txs] [--validation-kit-iso=testing-iso] [--locale=ll_CC] [--country=CC] [--time-zone=tz] [--hostname=fqdn] [--package-selection-adjustment=keyword] [--dry-run] [--auxiliary-base-path=path] [--image-index=number] [--script-template=file] [--post-install-template=file] [--post-install-command=command] [--extra-install-kernel-parameters=params] [--language=lang] [--start-vm=session-type]
VBoxManage cloud <--provider=name> <--profile=name>
list instances [--state=string] [--compartment-id=string]
VBoxManage cloud <--provider=name> <--profile=name>
list images <--compartment-id=string> [--state=string]
VBoxManage cloud <--provider=name> <--profile=name>
list vnicattachments <--compartment-id=string> [--filter=string]
VBoxManage cloud <--provider=name> <--profile=name>
instance create <--domain-name=name> <--image-id=id | --boot-volume-id=id> <--display-name=name> <--shape=type> <--subnet=id> [--boot-disk-size=size in GB] [--publicip=true/false] [--privateip=IP
address] [--public-ssh-key=key string...] [--launch-mode=NATIVE/EMULATED/PARAVIRTUALIZED] [--cloud-init-script-path=path to a script]
VBoxManage cloud <--provider=name> <--profile=name>
instance info <--id=unique id>
VBoxManage cloud <--provider=name> <--profile=name>
instance terminate <--id=unique id>
VBoxManage cloud <--provider=name> <--profile=name>
instance start <--id=unique id>
VBoxManage cloud <--provider=name> <--profile=name>
instance pause <--id=unique id>
VBoxManage cloud <--provider=name> <--profile=name>
instance reset <--id=unique id>
VBoxManage cloud <--provider=name> <--profile=name>
image create <--display-name=name> [--bucket-name=name] [--object-name=name] [--instance-id=unique id]
VBoxManage cloud <--provider=name> <--profile=name>
image info <--id=unique id>
VBoxManage cloud <--provider=name> <--profile=name>
image delete <--id=unique id>
VBoxManage cloud <--provider=name> <--profile=name>
image import <--id=unique id> [--bucket-name=name] [--object-name=name]
VBoxManage cloud <--provider=name> <--profile=name>
image export <--id=unique id> <--display-name=name> [--bucket-name=name] [--object-name=name]
VBoxManage cloud <--provider=name> <--profile=name>
network setup [--gateway-os-name=string] [--gateway-os-version=string] [--gateway-shape=string] [--tunnel-network-name=string] [--tunnel-network-range=string] [--proxy=string] [--compartment-id=string]
VBoxManage cloud <--provider=name> <--profile=name>
network create <--name=string> <--network-id=string> [--enable | --disable]
VBoxManage cloud network update <--name=string> [--network-id=string] [--enable | --disable]
VBoxManage cloud network delete <--name=string>
VBoxManage cloud network info <--name=string>
VBoxManage cloudprofile <--provider=name> <--profile=name> add [--clouduser=unique id] [--fingerprint=MD5 string] [--keyfile=path] [--passphrase=string] [--tenancy=unique id] [--compartment=unique id]
[--region=string]
VBoxManage cloudprofile <--provider=name> <--profile=name> update [--clouduser=unique id] [--fingerprint=MD5 string] [--keyfile=path] [--passphrase=string] [--tenancy=unique id] [--compartment=unique id]
[--region=string]
VBoxManage cloudprofile <--provider=name> <--profile=name> delete
VBoxManage cloudprofile <--provider=name> <--profile=name> show
VBoxManage signova <ova> <--certificate=file> <--private-key=file> [--private-key-password-file=password-file | --private-key-password=password] [--digest-type=type] [--pkcs7 | --no-pkcs7]
[--intermediate-cert=file] [--force] [--verbose] [--quiet] [--dry-run]
VBoxManage modifynvram <uuid|vmname> inituefivarstore
VBoxManage modifynvram <uuid|vmname> enrollmssignatures
VBoxManage modifynvram <uuid|vmname> enrollorclpk
VBoxManage modifynvram <uuid|vmname> enrollpk [--platform-key=filename] [--owner-uuid=uuid]
VBoxManage modifynvram <uuid|vmname> enrollmok [--mok=filename] [--owner-uuid=uuid]
VBoxManage modifynvram <uuid|vmname> listvars
VBoxManage modifynvram <uuid|vmname> queryvar [--name=name] [--filename=filename]
VBoxManage modifynvram <uuid|vmname> deletevar [--name=name] [--owner-uuid=uuid]
VBoxManage modifynvram <uuid|vmname> changevar [--name=name] [--filename=filename]
VBoxManage hostonlynet add <--name=netname> [--id=netid] <--netmask=mask> <--lower-ip=address> <--upper-ip=address> [--enable | --disable]
VBoxManage hostonlynet modify <--name=netname | --id=netid> [--lower-ip=address] [--upper-ip=address] [--netmask=mask] [--enable | --disable]
VBoxManage hostonlynet remove <--name=netname | --id=netid>
VBoxManage updatecheck perform [--machine-readable]
VBoxManage updatecheck list [--machine-readable]
VBoxManage updatecheck modify [--disable | --enable] [--channel=stable | withbetas | all] [--frequency=days]
VBoxManage discardstate <uuid | vmname>
VBoxManage adoptstate <uuid | vmname> <state-filename>
VBoxManage closemedium [disk | dvd | floppy] <uuid | filename> [--delete]
VBoxManage storageattach <uuid | vmname> <--storagectl=name> [--bandwidthgroup= name | none ] [--comment=text] [--device=number] [--discard= on | off ] [--encodedlun=lun] [--forceunmount] [--hotpluggable= on
| off ] [--initiator=initiator] [--intnet] [--lun=lun] [--medium= none | emptydrive | additions | uuid | filename | host:drive | iscsi ] [--mtype= normal | writethrough | immutable | shareable | readonly | multiattach ] [--nonrotational= on | off ] [--passthrough= on | off ] [--passwordfile=file] [--password=password] [--port=number] [--server= name | ip ] [--setparentuuid=uuid] [--setuuid=uuid] [--target=target] [--tempeject= on | off ] [--tport=port] [--type= dvddrive | fdd | hdd ] [--username=username]
VBoxManage storagectl <uuid | vmname> <--name=controller-name> [--add= floppy | ide | pcie | sas | sata | scsi | usb ] [--controller= BusLogic | I82078 | ICH6 | IntelAhci | LSILogic | LSILogicSAS | NVMe |
PIIX3 | PIIX4 | USB | VirtIO ] [--bootable= on | off ] [--hostiocache= on | off ] [--portcount=count] [--remove] [--rename=new-controller-name]
VBoxManage bandwidthctl <uuid | vmname> add <bandwidth-group-name> <--limit=bandwidth-limit[k|m|g|K|M|G]> <--type=disk|network>
VBoxManage bandwidthctl <uuid | vmname> list [--machinereadable]
VBoxManage bandwidthctl <uuid | vmname> remove <bandwidth-group-name>
VBoxManage bandwidthctl <uuid | vmname> set <bandwidth-group-name> <--limit=bandwidth-limit[k|m|g|K|M|G]>
VBoxManage showmediuminfo [disk | dvd | floppy] <uuid | filename>
VBoxManage createmedium [disk | dvd | floppy] <--filename=filename> [--size=megabytes | --sizebyte=bytes] [--diffparent= UUID | filename ] [--format= VDI | VMDK | VHD ]
[--variant Standard,Fixed,Split2G,Stream,ESX,Formatted,RawDisk] --property name=value... --property-file name=/path/to/file/with/value...
VBoxManage modifymedium [disk | dvd | floppy] <uuid | filename> [--autoreset=on | off] [--compact] [--description=description] [--move=pathname] [--property=name=[value]]
[--resize=megabytes | --resizebyte=bytes] [--setlocation=pathname] [--type=normal | writethrough | immutable | shareable | readonly | multiattach]
VBoxManage clonemedium <uuid | source-medium> <uuid | target-medium> [disk | dvd | floppy] [--existing] [--format= VDI | VMDK | VHD | RAW | other ] [--variant=Standard,Fixed,Split2G,Stream,ESX]
VBoxManage mediumproperty [disk | dvd | floppy] set <uuid | filename> <property-name> <property-value>
VBoxManage mediumproperty [disk | dvd | floppy] get <uuid | filename> <property-name>
VBoxManage mediumproperty [disk | dvd | floppy] delete <uuid | filename> <property-name>
VBoxManage encryptmedium <uuid | filename> [--cipher=cipher-ID] [--newpassword=password] [--newpasswordid=password-ID] [--oldpassword=password]
VBoxManage checkmediumpwd <uuid | filename> <password-file>
VBoxManage convertfromraw <inputfile> <outputfile> [--format= VDI | VMDK | VHD ] [--uuid=uuid] [--variant=Standard,Fixed,Split2G,Stream,ESX]
VBoxManage convertfromraw stdin <outputfile> <bytes> [--format= VDI | VMDK | VHD ] [--uuid=uuid] [--variant=Standard,Fixed,Split2G,Stream,ESX]
VBoxManage setextradata <global | uuid | vmname> <keyword> [value]
VBoxManage getextradata <global | uuid | vmname> keyword | enumerate
VBoxManage setproperty <property-name> <property-value>
VBoxManage usbfilter add <index,0-N> <--target= <uuid | vmname | global> > <--name=string> <--action=ignore | hold> [--active=yes | no] [--vendorid=XXXX] [--productid=XXXX] [--revision=IIFF]
[--manufacturer=string] [--product=string] [--port=hex] [--remote=yes | no] [--serialnumber=string] [--maskedinterfaces=XXXXXXXX]
VBoxManage usbfilter modify <index,0-N> <--target= <uuid | vmname | global> > [--name=string] [--action=ignore | hold] [--active=yes | no] [--vendorid=XXXX | ""] [--productid=XXXX | ""] [--revision=IIFF | ""]
[--manufacturer=string | ""] [--product=string | ""] [--port=hex] [--remote=yes | no] [--serialnumber=string | ""] [--maskedinterfaces=XXXXXXXX]
VBoxManage usbfilter remove <index,0-N> <--target= <uuid | vmname | global> >
VBoxManage guestproperty get <uuid | vmname> <property-name> [--verbose]
VBoxManage guestproperty enumerate <uuid | vmname> [--no-timestamp] [--no-flags] [--relative] [--old-format] [patterns...]
VBoxManage guestproperty set <uuid | vmname> <property-name> [property-value [--flags=flags] ]
VBoxManage guestproperty unset <uuid | vmname> <property-name>
VBoxManage guestproperty wait <uuid | vmname> <patterns> [--timeout=msec] [--fail-on-timeout]
VBoxManage guestcontrol <uuid | vmname> run [--arg0=argument 0] [--domain=domainname] [--dos2unix] [--exe=filename] [--ignore-orphaned-processes] [--no-wait-stderr | --wait-stderr] [--no-wait-stdout |

--wait-stdout] [--passwordfile=password-file | --password=password] [--profile] [--putenv=var-name=[value]] [--quiet] [--timeout=msec] [--unix2dos] [--unquoted-args] [--username=username] [--verbose] <--

[argument...] >
VBoxManage guestcontrol <uuid | vmname> start [--arg0=argument 0] [--domain=domainname] [--exe=filename] [--ignore-orphaned-processes] [--passwordfile=password-file | --password=password] [--profile]
[--putenv=var-name=[value]] [--quiet] [--timeout=msec] [--unquoted-args] [--username=username] [--verbose] <-- [argument...] >
VBoxManage guestcontrol <uuid | vmname> copyfrom [--dereference] [--domain=domainname] [--passwordfile=password-file | --password=password] [--quiet] [--no-replace] [--recursive]
[--target-directory=host-destination-dir] [--update] [--username=username] [--verbose] <guest-source0> guest-source1 [...] <host-destination>
VBoxManage guestcontrol <uuid | vmname> copyto [--dereference] [--domain=domainname] [--passwordfile=password-file | --password=password] [--quiet] [--no-replace] [--recursive]
[--target-directory=guest-destination-dir] [--update] [--username=username] [--verbose] <host-source0> host-source1 [...]
VBoxManage guestcontrol <uuid | vmname> mkdir [--domain=domainname] [--mode=mode] [--parents] [--passwordfile=password-file | --password=password] [--quiet] [--username=username] [--verbose]
<guest-directory...>
VBoxManage guestcontrol <uuid | vmname> rmdir [--domain=domainname] [--passwordfile=password-file | --password=password] [--quiet] [--recursive] [--username=username] [--verbose] <guest-directory...>
VBoxManage guestcontrol <uuid | vmname> rm [--domain=domainname] [--force] [--passwordfile=password-file | --password=password] [--quiet] [--username=username] [--verbose] <guest-directory...>
VBoxManage guestcontrol <uuid | vmname> mv [--domain=domainname] [--passwordfile=password-file | --password=password] [--quiet] [--username=username] [--verbose] <source...> <destination-directory>
VBoxManage guestcontrol <uuid | vmname> mktemp [--directory] [--domain=domainname] [--mode=mode] [--passwordfile=password-file | --password=password] [--quiet] [--secure] [--tmpdir=directory-name]
[--username=username] [--verbose] <template-name>
VBoxManage guestcontrol <uuid | vmname> stat [--domain=domainname] [--passwordfile=password-file | --password=password] [--quiet] [--username=username] [--verbose] <filename>
VBoxManage guestcontrol <uuid | vmname> list <all | files | processes | sessions> [--quiet] [--verbose]
VBoxManage guestcontrol <uuid | vmname> closeprocess [--session-id=ID | --session-name=name-or-pattern] [--quiet] [--verbose] <PID...>
VBoxManage guestcontrol <uuid | vmname> closesession [--all | --session-id=ID | --session-name=name-or-pattern] [--quiet] [--verbose]
[argument...] ]
VBoxManage guestcontrol <uuid | vmname> watch [--quiet] [--verbose]
VBoxManage metrics collect [--detach] [--list] [--period=seconds] [--samples=count] [* | host | vmname metric-list]
VBoxManage metrics disable [--list] [* | host | vmname metric-list]
VBoxManage metrics enable [--list] [* | host | vmname metric-list]
VBoxManage metrics list [* | host | vmname metric-list]
VBoxManage metrics query [* | host | vmname metric-list]
VBoxManage metrics setup [--list] [--period seconds] [--samples count] [* | host | vmname metric-list]
VBoxManage natnetwork add [--disable | --enable] <--netname=name> <--network=network> [--dhcp=on|off] [--ipv6=on|off] [--loopback-4=rule] [--loopback-6=rule] [--port-forward-4=rule] [--port-forward-6=rule]
VBoxManage natnetwork list [filter-pattern]
VBoxManage natnetwork modify [--dhcp=on|off] [--disable | --enable] <--netname=name> <--network=network> [--ipv6=on|off] [--loopback-4=rule] [--loopback-6=rule] [--port-forward-4=rule] [--port-forward-6=rule]
VBoxManage natnetwork remove <--netname=name>
VBoxManage natnetwork start <--netname=name>
VBoxManage natnetwork stop <--netname=name>
VBoxManage hostonlyif ipconfig <ifname> [--dhcp | --ip=IPv4-address --netmask=IPv4-netmask | --ipv6=IPv6-address --netmasklengthv6=length]
VBoxManage hostonlyif create
VBoxManage hostonlyif remove <ifname>
VBoxManage usbdevsource add <source-name> <--backend=backend> <--address=address>
VBoxManage usbdevsource remove <source-name>
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