virtualbox essentials commands

# start vm
VMName=template
vboxheadless --startvm $VMName & sleep 2; tail -f $(cat .config/VirtualBox/VirtualBox.xml|grep "SystemProperties defaultMachineFolder"| cut -d'=' -f2 | cut -d' ' -f1 | sed -e 's/\"//g')/$VMName/Logs/VBox.log | ccze

#poweroff vm
VMName=template
vboxmanage controlvm $VMName poweroff

# list active vm
vboxmanage list runningvms

# list all vm
vboxmanage list vms

# change nic bridget to nat
VMName=template
vboxmanage modifyvm $VMName --nic1 nat ; vboxmanage showvminfo $VMName| grep -i nic
vboxmanage controlvm $VMName nic1 nat ; vboxmanage showvminfo $VMName| grep -i nic

# add port forwarding rule
VMName=template
vboxmanage modifyvm $VMName --natpf1 "ssh,tcp,127.0.0.1,2222,,22" ; vboxmanage showvminfo $VMName| grep -i nic
vboxmanage controlvm $VMName natpf1 "ssh,tcp,127.0.0.1,2222,,22" ; vboxmanage showvminfo $VMName| grep -i nic

#------ change UUID don't work !!! --------------------------------------------------------------
# list hdd
vboxmanage list hdds

# show vm info
vboxmanage showvminfo my-vm --details

# show hd info
vboxmanage showhdinfo /path-to-vm/my-vm.vdi

# detach controler
vboxmanage storageattach my-vm --storagectl "SATA" --port 0 --device 0 --medium none

#close medim disk
vboxmanage closemedium disk /path-to-vm/my-vm.vdi

# reattach the disk
vboxmanage storageattach my-vm --storagectl "SATA" --port 0 --device 0 --type hdd --medium /path-to-vm/my-vm.vdi

VMName=my-vm
VMNameDiskPath=/path-to-vm/disk.vdi
vboxmanage storageattach $VMName --storagectl "SATA" --port 0 --device 0 --medium none
vboxmanage closemedium disk $VMNameDiskPath
vboxmanage storageattach $VMName --storagectl "SATA" --port 0 --device 0 --type hdd --medium $VMNameDiskPath

# Nat forwarding tunnelling dynamic port
#----------------------------------------- ./.ssh/config
Host *
ForwardX11 yes
KeepAlive yes
ServerAliveInterval 15
ServerAliveCountMax 3

Host homvdsk
Hostname myhostname.com
Port 443
ProxyCommand /usr/bin/corkscrew myproxy 80 %h %p ~/.ssh/auth
DynamicForward *:10998


vboxmanage controlvm $VMName natpf1 "proxy,tcp,,10999,,10998" ; vboxmanage showvminfo $VMName| grep -i nic


# delete port forwarding rule
VMName=template
vboxmanage modifyvm $VMName --natpf1 delete ssh ; vboxmanage showvminfo $VMName| grep -i nic
vboxmanage controlvm $VMName natpf1 delete ssh ; vboxmanage showvminfo $VMName| grep -i nic

# clone vm
VMSource=template
VMTarget=clonedvm
vboxmanage clonevm $VMSource --name $VMTarget --register --mode all ; vboxmanage list vms

# delete vm (all files)
VMName=template
vboxmanage unregistervm $VMName --delete

# use lvm volume
VBoxManage internalcommands createrawvmdk -filename /path/to/file.vmdk -rawdisk /dev/volumegroup/logicalvolume