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<refentry id="vboxmanage-encryptvm" lang="en">
<refentryinfo>
<pubdate>$Date: 2023-01-17 15:15:46 +0100 (Tue, 17 Jan 2023) $</pubdate>
<title>VBoxManage encryptvm</title>
</refentryinfo>
<refmeta>
<refentrytitle>VBoxManage-encryptvm</refentrytitle>
<manvolnum>1</manvolnum>
</refmeta>
<refnamediv>
<refname>VBoxManage-encryptvm</refname>
<refpurpose>change encryption and passwords of the VM</refpurpose>
<refclass>&product-name;</refclass>
</refnamediv>
<refsynopsisdiv>
<cmdsynopsis id="synopsis-vboxmanage-encryptvm-setencryption">
<!-- The 'id' is mandatory and must start with 'synopsis-'. -->
<command>VBoxManage encryptvm</command>
<group choice="req">
<arg choice="plain"><replaceable>uuid</replaceable></arg>
<arg choice="plain"><replaceable>vmname</replaceable></arg>
</group>
<arg choice="plain">setencryption</arg>
<arg choice="plain">--old-password <replaceable>file</replaceable></arg>
<arg choice="plain">--cipher <replaceable>cipher-identifier</replaceable></arg>
<arg choice="plain">--new-password <replaceable>file</replaceable></arg>
<arg choice="plain">--new-password-id <replaceable>password-identifier</replaceable></arg>
<arg choice="plain">--force</arg>
</cmdsynopsis>
<cmdsynopsis id="synopsis-vboxmanage-encryptvm-checkpassword">
<command>VBoxManage encryptvm</command>
<group choice="req">
<arg choice="plain"><replaceable>uuid</replaceable></arg>
<arg choice="plain"><replaceable>vmname</replaceable></arg>
</group>
<arg choice="plain">checkpassword</arg>
<arg choice="req"><replaceable>file</replaceable></arg>
</cmdsynopsis>
<cmdsynopsis id="synopsis-vboxmanage-encryptvm-addpassword">
<command>VBoxManage encryptvm</command>
<group choice="req">
<arg choice="plain"><replaceable>uuid</replaceable></arg>
<arg choice="plain"><replaceable>vmname</replaceable></arg>
</group>
<arg choice="plain">addpassword</arg>
<arg choice="plain">--password <replaceable>file</replaceable></arg>
<arg choice="plain">--password-id <replaceable>password-identifier</replaceable></arg>
</cmdsynopsis>
<cmdsynopsis id="synopsis-vboxmanage-encryptvm-removepassword">
<command>VBoxManage encryptvm</command>
<group choice="req">
<arg choice="plain"><replaceable>uuid</replaceable></arg>
<arg choice="plain"><replaceable>vmname</replaceable></arg>
</group>
<arg choice="plain">removepassword</arg>
<arg choice="req"><replaceable>password-identifier</replaceable></arg>
</cmdsynopsis>
</refsynopsisdiv>
<refsect1>
<title>Description</title>
<para>
The <command>VBoxManage encryptvm</command> command enables you to
change the encryption or add and remove user passwords for the
virtual machine (VM). The following sections describe the subcommands
that you can use:
</para>
<refsect2 id="vboxmanage-encryptvm-setencryption">
<title>Set encryption of the Virtual Machine</title>
<remark role="help-copy-synopsis"/>
<para>
The <command>VBoxManage encryptvm
<replaceable>vmname</replaceable> setencryption</command> command
changes encryption of a VM.
</para>
<para>
Use the <option>--old-password</option> to supply old encryption
password. Either specify the absolute pathname of a password file
on the host operating system, or <literal>-</literal> to prompt
you for the old password.
</para>
<para>
Use the <option>--cipher</option> option to specify the
new cipher for encryption of the VM. Only <literal>AES-128</literal>
and <literal>AES-256</literal> are supported. Appropriate mode
GCM, CTR or XTS will be selected by VM depending on encrypting
component.
</para>
<para>
Use the <option>--new-password</option> option to specify the
new password for encryption of the VM. Either specify the absolute
pathname of a password file on the host operating system, or
<literal>-</literal> to prompt you for the new password.
</para>
<para>
Use the <option>--new-password-id</option> option to specify the
new id for the password for encryption of the VM.
</para>
<para>
Use the <option>--force</option> option to make the system
to reencrypt the VM instead of simple changing the password.
</para>
</refsect2>
<refsect2 id="vboxmanage-encryptvm-checkpassword">
<title>Check the supplied password is correct</title>
<remark role="help-copy-synopsis"/>
<para>
The <command>VBoxManage encryptvm
<replaceable>vmname</replaceable> checkpassword</command> command
checks the correctness of the supplied password.
</para>
<para>
The password can be supplied from file. Specify the absolute
pathname of a password file on the host operating system. Also,
you can specify <literal>-</literal> to prompt you for the password.
</para>
</refsect2>
<refsect2 id="vboxmanage-encryptvm-addpassword">
<title>Add password for decrypting the Virtual Machine</title>
<remark role="help-copy-synopsis"/>
<para>
The <command>VBoxManage encryptvm
<replaceable>vmname</replaceable> addpassword</command> command
adds a password for decrypting the VM.
</para>
<para>
Use the <option>--password</option> to supply the encryption
password. Either specify the absolute pathname of a password file
on the host operating system, or <literal>-</literal> to prompt
you for the password.
</para>
<para>
Use the <option>--password-id</option> option to specify the
id the password is supplied for.
</para>
</refsect2>
<refsect2 id="vboxmanage-encryptvm-removepassword">
<title>Remove password used for decrypting the Virtual Machine</title>
<remark role="help-copy-synopsis"/>
<para>
The <command>VBoxManage encryptvm
<replaceable>vmname</replaceable> removepassword</command> command
removes a password used for decrypting the VM.
</para>
<para>
Specify the password identifier for removing. The password becomes
unknown and the VM can not be decrypted.
</para>
</refsect2>
</refsect1>
<refsect1>
<title>Examples</title>
<remark role="help-scope" condition="GLOBAL" />
<para>
The following command encrypts the <filename>ol7</filename> VM using
AES-256 giving password via command prompt:
</para>
<screen>$ VBoxManage encryptvm ol7 setencryption --cipher=AES-256 --new-password - --new-password-id vmid</screen>
</refsect1>
<refsect1>
<title>See Also</title>
<para>
<xref linkend="vboxmanage-createvm" />,
</para>
</refsect1>
</refentry>