vboxmanage-createvm

Create a new virtual machine.

Create a new VM with default settings

$ VBoxManage createvm --name [vm_name]

Set the base folder where the VM configuration will be stored

$ VBoxManage createvm --name [vm_name] --basefolder [path/to/directory]

Set the guest OS type (one of VBoxManage list ostypes) for the imported VM

$ VBoxManage createvm --name [vm_name] --ostype [ostype]

Register the created VM in VirtualBox

$ VBoxManage createvm --name [vm_name] --register

Set the VM to the specified groups

$ VBoxManage createvm --name [vm_name] --group [group1,group2,...]

Set the Universally Unique Identifier (UUID) of the VM

$ VBoxManage createvm --name [vm_name] --uuid [uuid]

Set the cipher to use for encryption

$ VBoxManage createvm --name [vm_name] --cipher [AES-128|AES-256]