{"id":18952,"date":"2024-03-15T17:53:57","date_gmt":"2024-03-15T17:53:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.silicloud.com\/blog\/what-are-the-functions-of-the-vboxmanage-command\/"},"modified":"2024-03-21T14:32:23","modified_gmt":"2024-03-21T14:32:23","slug":"what-are-the-functions-of-the-vboxmanage-command","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.silicloud.com\/blog\/what-are-the-functions-of-the-vboxmanage-command\/","title":{"rendered":"What are the functions of the vboxmanage command?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>VBoxManage is a command-line tool for VirtualBox used to manage and control virtual machines. Its main functions include:<\/p>\n<ol>\n<li>Create a virtual machine: You can use VBoxManage to create a new virtual machine, and configure its hardware and operating system type. 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