If my MBP's display dies, am I able to ssh in remotely without any graphical login taking place, and start a particular VM, named "Toolchest" at "~/VirtualBox VMs/Toolchest"?
If so, what command(s) may I use?
Thanks,
Am I able to start a VirtualBox VM from ssh?
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Am I able to start a VirtualBox VM from ssh?
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Re: Am I able to start a VirtualBox VM from ssh?
VBoxManage, the command-line tool that covers every aspect of configuring and running a VM, even things that are not in the GUI. It's not for the faint of heart and you should read the command line options thrice before running it or posting a question.CJSHayward wrote:If so, what command(s) may I use?
But just to start a VM, it's quite easy actually:
VBoxManage startvm <uuid|vmname>... [--type gui|sdl|headless|separate]
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Re: Am I able to start a VirtualBox VM from ssh?
Many thanks!
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