vboxmanage-createvm

Create a new virtual machine. More information: https://www.virtualbox.org/manual/ch08.html#vboxmanage-createvm.

  • Create a new VM with default settings:

VBoxManage createvm --name vm_name

  • Set the base folder where the VM configuration will be stored:

VBoxManage createvm --name vm_name --basefolder path/to/directory

  • Set the guest OS type (one of VBoxManage list ostypes) for the imported VM:

VBoxManage createvm --name vm_name --ostype ostype

  • Register the created VM in VirtualBox:

VBoxManage createvm --name vm_name --register

  • Set the VM to the specified groups:

VBoxManage createvm --name vm_name --group group1,group2,…

  • Set the Universally Unique Identifier (UUID) of the VM:

VBoxManage createvm --name vm_name --uuid uuid

  • Set the cipher to use for encryption:

VBoxManage createvm --name vm_name --cipher AES-128|AES-256

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