vboxmanage-startvm
Start a virtual machine. tldr-pages
On several platforms
Several platforms
Start a virtual machine
VBoxManage startvm vm_nameIdentifyStart a virtual machine with the specified UI mode
VBoxManage startvm vm_name --type headlessIdentifySpecify a password file to start an encrypted virtual machine
VBoxManage startvm vm_name --password path/to/password_fileIdentifySpecify a password ID to start an encrypted virtual machine
VBoxManage startvm vm_name --password-id password_idIdentifyStart a virtual machine with an environment variable pair name value
VBoxManage startvm vm_name --putenv name=valueIdentify