vboxmanage
vboxmanage
TLDR
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]
