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Start VirtualBox VM in Headless Mode

Note: The command VBoxManage is used to manage VirtualBox for the current user. Please ensure that you SU to the user where VirtualBox is configured.

List virtual machines

VBoxManage list vms

# Output from above command
"MyVM" {e4b0c92c-4301-4a7d-8af8-fe02fed00451}

Start VM in headless mode

VBoxManage startvm MyVM --type headless

Power off VM

VBoxManage controlvm MyVM poweroff