How do you use the VBoxManage command?
The vboxmanage command is a command-line tool for VirtualBox, used for managing and controlling virtual machines. Here are some commonly used options and methods for the vboxmanage command.
- Create a virtual machine.
- Create a virtual machine named <虚拟机名称> with the specified operating system type using vboxmanage command.
- Change the virtual machine settings.
- Change the memory, CPU, and VRAM of the virtual machine named <虚拟机名称> using the command “vboxmanage modifyvm”.
- Adding and setting up a virtual hard drive:
- Create a medium disk with a specific file path and size, add a controller of a specific type to a virtual machine, and attach a storage device to the virtual machine using the specified controller, port, device, type, and medium.
- Start and stop the virtual machine.
- Start the virtual machine with the specified name in either graphical user interface or headless mode using VBoxManage. Control the virtual machine with options to power off, reset, pause, or resume.
- Virtual machine networking configuration:
- vboxmanage modifyvm
–nic [–cableconnected on|off] - Exporting and importing virtual machines:
- Export the virtual machine with the given name to the specified output file path. Import a virtual machine from the specified import file path.
- Snapshot management:
- Take a snapshot of the virtual machine with the specified name and description. Restore, delete, or list snapshots for the virtual machine with the specified name.
This is just a subset of the functionality of the vboxmanage command, for more detailed options and usage methods, please refer to the official documentation of VirtualBox.
