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<refentry id="vboxmanage-usbdevsource" lang="en">
<refentryinfo>
<pubdate>$Date: 2024-09-16 16:03:52 +0200 (Mon, 16 Sep 2024) $</pubdate>
<title>VBoxManage usbdevsource</title>
</refentryinfo>
<refmeta>
<refentrytitle>vboxmanage-usbdevsource</refentrytitle>
<manvolnum>1</manvolnum>
</refmeta>
<refnamediv>
<refname>vboxmanage-usbdevsource</refname>
<refpurpose>add and remove USB device sources</refpurpose>
<refclass>&product-name;</refclass>
</refnamediv>
<refsynopsisdiv>
<cmdsynopsis id="synopsis-vboxmanage-usbdevsource-add">
<command>VBoxManage usbdevsource add</command>
<arg choice="req"><replaceable>source-name</replaceable></arg>
<arg choice="req">--backend=<replaceable>backend</replaceable></arg>
<arg choice="req">--address=<replaceable>address</replaceable></arg>
</cmdsynopsis>
<cmdsynopsis id="synopsis-vboxmanage-usbdevsource-remove">
<command>VBoxManage usbdevsource remove</command>
<arg choice="req"><replaceable>source-name</replaceable></arg>
</cmdsynopsis>
</refsynopsisdiv>
<refsect1 id="vboxmanage-usbdevsource-description">
<title>Description</title>
<para>
The <command>VBoxManage usbdevsource</command> command adds a USB
device source and makes it available to VM guests on the host
system. You can also use this command to remove a USB device
source.
</para>
<refsect2 id="vboxmanage-usbdevsource-add">
<title>Add a USB Device Source</title>
<remark role="help-copy-synopsis"/>
<para>
The <command>VBoxManage usbdevsource add</command> command adds
a USB device source, which is then available to all guest VMs on the
host system.
</para>
<variablelist>
<varlistentry>
<term><replaceable>source-name</replaceable></term>
<listitem><para>
Specifies a unique name for the USB device source.
</para></listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry>
<term>--address=<replaceable>address</replaceable></term>
<listitem><para>
Specifies the address of the USB backend.
</para></listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry>
<term>--backend=<replaceable>backend</replaceable></term>
<listitem><para>
Specifies the USB proxy service backend to use.
</para><para>
If specifying a remote server over the USB/IP protocol
the only currently supported backend value is USBIP.
</para></listitem>
</varlistentry>
</variablelist>
</refsect2>
<refsect2 id="vboxmanage-usbdevsource-remove">
<title>Remove a USB Device</title>
<remark role="help-copy-synopsis"/>
<para>
The <command>VBoxManage usbdevsource remove</command> command
removes a USB device.
</para>
<variablelist>
<varlistentry>
<term><replaceable>source-name</replaceable></term>
<listitem><para>
Specifies the name of the USB device source to remove.
</para></listitem>
</varlistentry>
</variablelist>
</refsect2>
</refsect1>
<refsect1 id="vboxmanage-usbdevsource-examples">
<title>Examples</title>
<remark role="help-scope" condition="GLOBAL" />
<para>
The following command adds a USB device server called
<filename>hostusb01</filename>.
</para>
<screen>$ VBoxManage usbdevsource add hostusb01 --backend USBIP --address 10.0.1.16</screen>
</refsect1>
</refentry>