vboxmanage-createvm

Create new VirtualBox virtual machines

TLDR

Create VM

$ vboxmanage createvm --name [vmname] --register

Create with OS type

$ vboxmanage createvm --name [vmname] --ostype [Ubuntu_64] --register

Create in folder

$ vboxmanage createvm --name [vmname] --basefolder [path] --register

SYNOPSIS

vboxmanage createvm [options]

DESCRIPTION

vboxmanage createvm creates a new virtual machine definition. Creates VM configuration without hardware. Use modifyvm to configure CPU, memory, and storage.

PARAMETERS

--name name

VM name.

--ostype type

Guest OS type.

--register

Register with VirtualBox.

--basefolder path

VM files location.

--uuid uuid

Specify UUID.

--groups groups

VM groups.