Useful VBox commands

For those of you that are running VBox on a server (headless), here are some common used commands that you will most likely need.

Change memory to 256MB

VBoxManage modifyvm "[machine]" -memory "256MB"

Register an ISO image

VBoxManage registerimage dvd [/full/path/to/iso.iso]

Add ISO image to machine after registering

VBoxManage modifyvm "[machine]" -dvd [/full/path/to/iso.iso]

Start Machine

VBoxHeadless -startvm "[machine]" -p [port] &

Change state of machine

VBoxManage controlvm [machine] poweroff VBoxManage controlvm [machine] reset VBoxManage controlvm [machine] savestate

** Other “controlvm” options
pause|resume

Set a shared folder

VBoxManage sharedfolder add “[machine]” -name "[share_name]" -hostpath \n "[/home/username/foldertoshare]"

Vic.