vboxmanage-startvm

Start VirtualBox virtual machines

TLDR

Start VM with GUI

$ vboxmanage startvm [vmname]

Start headless

$ vboxmanage startvm [vmname] --type headless

Start with separate frontend

$ vboxmanage startvm [vmname] --type separate

SYNOPSIS

vboxmanage startvm vmname [options]

DESCRIPTION

vboxmanage startvm starts a virtual machine. Supports GUI mode (default), headless (no window), and separate (detached GUI). Use headless for server VMs.

PARAMETERS

--type type

Frontend type: gui, headless, separate.