VBoxManage startvm

all

Start a virtual machine.

Options (1)

-E, --putenvboolean

Start a virtual machine with an environment variable pair name value

Example: VBoxManage startvm {{vm_name|uuid}} {{[-E|--putenv]}} {{name}}={{value}}

Start a virtual machine

VBoxManage startvm vm_name|uuid

Start a virtual machine with the specified UI mode

VBoxManage startvm vm_name|uuid --type headless|gui|sdl|separate

Specify a password file to start an encrypted virtual machine

VBoxManage startvm vm_name|uuid --password path/to/password_file

Specify a password ID to start an encrypted virtual machine

VBoxManage startvm vm_name|uuid --password-id password_id

Start a virtual machine with an environment variable pair name value

VBoxManage startvm vm_name|uuid [-E|--putenv] name=value