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VBoxManage quick cheat-sheet (run headless VMs)
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VBoxManage

List VMs

VBoxManage list vms

Result:

"Alpine Linux" {fa8e791f-9668-4d7b-a1a1-c5d93304bb9d}
"Ubuntu 20.04 blank" {e3c9cea6-b601-4a59-9d29-e755e54e1514}

Start VM in headless mode

VBoxManage startvm "Ubuntu 20.04 blank" --type=headless

Result:

Waiting for VM "Ubuntu 20.04 blank" to power on...
VM "Ubuntu 20.04 blank" has been successfully started.

Stop VM

ACPI shutdown (clean shutdown)

VBoxManage controlvm "Ubuntu 20.04 blank" acpipowerbutton

Power off (immediate shutdown)

VBoxManage controlvm "Ubuntu 20.04 blank" poweroff
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