LinuxCommandLibrary

vboxmanage-startvm

Start a virtual machine.

TLDR

Start a virtual machine

$ VBoxManage startvm [vm_name|uuid]
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Start a virtual machine with the specified UI mode
$ VBoxManage startvm [vm_name|uuid] --type [headless|gui|sdl|separate]
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Specify a password file to start an encrypted virtual machine
$ VBoxManage startvm [vm_name|uuid] --password [path/to/password_file]
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Specify a password ID to start an encrypted virtual machine
$ VBoxManage startvm [vm_name|uuid] --password-id [password_id]
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Start a virtual machine with an environment variable pair name value
$ VBoxManage startvm [vm_name|uuid] --put-env=[name]=[value]
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