matt@foo ~ $ VBoxManage list vms VirtualBox Command Line Management Interface Version 2.0.4 (C) 2005-2008 Sun Microsystems, Inc. All rights reserved. Name: Ubuntu Guest OS: Ubuntu UUID: 7732c04e-0a50-461c-86d3-a18814ac9257 Config file: /home/matt/.VirtualBox/Machines/Ubuntu/Ubuntu.xml Memory size: 512MB VRAM size: 8MB Boot menu mode: message and menu [... truncated ...]
I’m a big fan of Sun’s VirtualBox. It allows me to run other operating systems (such as Windows and Ubuntu) safely and easily without having to deploy them beside my Gentoo install. Now here comes Linux.com with a quick guide to using VirtualBox from the command line (every Linux aficionado’s one true friend). You might as why you’d want to use the CLI, luckily for me the guys at Linux.com already answered that question:
The CLI works well for users who want to control a VirtualBox running on a headless server with no monitor or keyboard attached. Even desktop users, running and managing VirtualBox from the same machine, can pull a stunt or two with the CLI that they can’t do in the GUI, such as shrinking or cloning virtual disks, customizing the BIOS logo, and collecting metrics data from virtual machines.