VBoxManage
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VBoxManage
first need to install extension pack https://www.virtualbox.org/wiki/Download_Old_Builds_6_1
VBoxManage controlvm # list vms VBoxManage list vms # show detail vboxmanage showvminfo "my-ubuntu" # power off VBoxManage controlvm my-ubuntu poweroff # start headless VBoxManage startvm my-ubuntu --type headless # set auto restart VBoxManage modifyvm <uuid|vmname> --autostart-enabled on
To make vboxautostart-service.service work, you need to disable SELinux
sudo setenforce 0 vim /etc/selinux/config # change to SELINUX=permissive