Difference between revisions of "VirtualBox"

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VirtualBox is a free (open source) powerful x86 and AMD64/Intel64 virtualization product for enterprise as well as home use.

Usage

VBoxManage

Note: Each `VBoxManage` command is linked to the underscore command of the same name (i.e., `vboxmanage`).

$ VBoxManage list runningvms
$ VBoxManage showvminfo <vmname|vmuuid> | grep ^NIC

$ ip r|grep vboxnet
$ route -n|grep vboxnet
$ VBoxManage list hostonlyifs
$ VBoxManage hostonlyif remove vboxnet{n} # where n = 0,1,..,n

• List any Extension packs (see: vboxmanage-extpack):

$ VBoxManage list extpacks

$ VBoxManage list systemproperties

• Export preconfigured VM:

$ VBoxManage list runningvms # get UUID of desired VM
$ vagrant package --base <VM_UUID> --output /path/to/output.box

• Import preconfigured VM:

$ vagrant init preconfigured_vm /path/to/output.box

External links

• Official website