tldr/pages/common/vboxmanage-startvm.md

vboxmanage-startvm

Start a virtual machine. More information: https://www.virtualbox.org/manual/ch08.html#vboxmanage-startvm.

• 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}} --put-env={{name}}={{value}}