VBoxManage – Alan’s Notes

Important VirtualBox command to be familiar with. Get virtual machine info that can be copy pasted into documents and other commands.

vboxmanage list runningvms

Also display running machine properties without having to navigate the UI. Good for quick review of network settings too.

vboxmanage showvminfo "VWebHostTest" | grep "Name: \|Rule"

Name:                        VWebHostTest
NIC 1 Rule(0):   name = Web8000, protocol = tcp, host ip = , host port = 8000, guest ip = , guest port = 8000
NIC 1 Rule(1):   name = Web8001, protocol = tcp, host ip = , host port = 8001, guest ip = , guest port = 8001
NIC 1 Rule(2):   name = Web8002, protocol = tcp, host ip = , host port = 8002, guest ip = , guest port = 8002
NIC 1 Rule(3):   name = Web8003, protocol = tcp, host ip = , host port = 8003, guest ip = , guest port = 8003
NIC 1 Rule(4):   name = Web8004, protocol = tcp, host ip = , host port = 8004, guest ip = , guest port = 8004
NIC 1 Rule(5):   name = ssh, protocol = tcp, host ip = , host port = 2223, guest ip = , guest port = 22
NIC 1 Rule(6):   name = web8080, protocol = tcp, host ip = , host port = 8080, guest ip = , guest port = 8080
NIC 1 Rule(7):   name = web8800, protocol = tcp, host ip = , host port = 8800, guest ip = , guest port = 80