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<refentry id="vboxmanage-encryptmedium" lang="en">
<refentryinfo>
<pubdate>$Date: 2023-01-17 15:15:46 +0100 (Tue, 17 Jan 2023) $</pubdate>
<title>VBoxManage encryptmedium</title>
</refentryinfo>
<refmeta>
<refentrytitle>VBoxManage-encryptmedium</refentrytitle>
<manvolnum>1</manvolnum>
</refmeta>
<refnamediv>
<refname>VBoxManage-encryptmedium</refname>
<refpurpose>manage a DEK-encrypted medium or image</refpurpose>
<refclass>&product-name;</refclass>
</refnamediv>
<refsynopsisdiv>
<cmdsynopsis id="synopsis-vboxmanage-encryptmedium">
<!-- The 'id' is mandatory and must start with 'synopsis-'. -->
<command>VBoxManage encryptmedium</command>
<group choice="req">
<arg choice="plain"><replaceable>uuid</replaceable></arg>
<arg choice="plain"><replaceable>filename</replaceable></arg>
</group>
<arg>--cipher=<replaceable>cipher-ID</replaceable></arg>
<arg>--newpassword=<replaceable>password</replaceable></arg>
<arg>--newpasswordid=<replaceable>password-ID</replaceable></arg>
<arg>--oldpassword=<replaceable>password</replaceable></arg>
</cmdsynopsis>
</refsynopsisdiv>
<refsect1>
<title>Description</title>
<para>
The <command>VBoxManage encryptmedium</command> command enables
you to create and manage a DEK-encrypted medium or image. You can
encrypt an image, decrypt an image, and change the encryption
password of an image. See
<xref linkend="diskencryption-encryption" />.
</para>
<variablelist>
<varlistentry>
<term><replaceable>uuid</replaceable> | <replaceable>filename</replaceable></term>
<listitem><para>
Specifies the Universally Unique Identifier (UUID) or the
absolute path name of the medium or image to encrypt.
</para></listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry>
<term><option>--newpassword=<replaceable>password</replaceable></option></term>
<listitem><para>
Specifies the new encryption password.
<replaceable>password</replaceable> is either the absolute
path name of a password file on the host operating system or
<literal>-</literal>, which prompts you for the password.
</para><para>
You must use the <option>--newpasswordid</option> option
with this <option>--newpassword</option> option.
</para></listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry>
<term><option>--oldpassword=<replaceable>password</replaceable></option></term>
<listitem><para>
Specifies the original encryption password.
<replaceable>password</replaceable> is either the absolute
path name of a password file on the host operating system or
<literal>-</literal>, which prompts you for the original
password.
</para><para>
This option enables you to gain access to an encrypted
medium or image to do the following:
</para><itemizedlist>
<listitem><para>
Decrypt an encrypted image by using this option by
itself.
</para></listitem>
<listitem><para>
Change the password of the encrypted image by using the
<option>--newpassword</option> option.
</para></listitem>
<listitem><para>
Change the encryption cipher of the image by using the
<option>--cipher</option> option.
</para></listitem>
</itemizedlist></listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry>
<term><option>--cipher=<replaceable>cipher-ID</replaceable></option></term>
<listitem><para>
Specifies the cipher to use for encryption. Valid values are
<literal>AES-XTS128-PLAIN64</literal> or
<literal>AES-XTS256-PLAIN64</literal>.
</para><para>
This option enables you to set up or change encryption on
the medium or image.
</para></listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry>
<term><option>--newpasswordid=<replaceable>password-ID</replaceable></option></term>
<listitem><para>
Specifies a new password identifier that is used for correct
identification when supplying multiple passwords during VM
startup.
</para><para>
If you use the same password and password identifier when
encrypting multiple images, you need to supply the password
only one time during VM startup.
</para></listitem>
</varlistentry>
</variablelist>
</refsect1>
<refsect1>
<title>Examples</title>
<remark role="help-scope" condition="GLOBAL"/>
<para>
The following example shows how to encrypt the
<filename>ol7u4-1.vdi</filename> image by using the
<literal>AES-XTS128-PLAIN64</literal> cipher, specifying a
password identifier of <literal>1001</literal>, and using the
<filename>$HOME/pwfile</filename> password file:
</para>
<screen>$ VBoxManage encryptmedium "$HOME/VirtualBox VMs/ol7u4/ol7u4-1.vdi" \
--cipher="AES-XTS128-PLAIN64" --newpasswordid="1001" --newpassword=$HOME/pwfile</screen>
<para>
The following example shows how to decrypt an encrypted image
called <filename>ol7u4-2.vdi</filename>:
</para>
<screen>$ VBoxManage encryptmedium "$HOME/VirtualBox VMs/ol7u4/ol7u4-2.vdi" \
--oldpassword=-
Password: <replaceable>original-password</replaceable></screen>
<para>
The following example shows how to change the password for an
encrypted image called <filename>ol7u4-3.vdi</filename>. The
command reads the original password from the
<filename>$HOME/pwfile.orig</filename> file, reads the new
password from the <filename>$HOME/pwfile</filename> file, and
assigns a password identifier of <literal>1001</literal>.
</para>
<screen>$ VBoxManage encryptmedium "$HOME/VirtualBox VMs/ol7u4/ol7u4-3.vdi" \
--oldpassword=$HOME/pwfile.orig --newpassword=$HOME/pwfile --newpasswordid="1001"</screen>
</refsect1>
</refentry>