vboxmanage-createvm

Create a new virtual machine. More information: https://www.virtualbox.org/manual/ch08.html#vboxmanage-createvm.

• Create a new VM with default settings:

VBoxManage createvm --name vm_name

• Set the base folder where the VM configuration will be stored:

VBoxManage createvm --name vm_name --basefolder path/to/directory

• Set the guest OS type (one of VBoxManage list ostypes) for the imported VM:

VBoxManage createvm --name vm_name --ostype ostype

• Register the created VM in VirtualBox:

VBoxManage createvm --name vm_name --register

• Set the VM to the specified groups:

VBoxManage createvm --name vm_name --group group1,group2,...

• Set the Universally Unique Identifier (UUID) of the VM:

VBoxManage createvm --name vm_name --uuid uuid

• Set the cipher to use for encryption:

VBoxManage createvm --name vm_name --cipher AES-128|AES-256