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+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
+<!--
+ manpage, user manual, usage: VBoxManage setproperty
+-->
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+<!DOCTYPE refentry PUBLIC "-//OASIS//DTD DocBook XML V4.5//EN"
+ "http://www.oasis-open.org/docbook/xml/4.5/docbookx.dtd"[
+<!ENTITY % all.entities SYSTEM "all-entities.ent">
+%all.entities;
+]>
+<refentry id="vboxmanage-setproperty" lang="en">
+ <refentryinfo>
+ <pubdate>$Date: 2022-08-22 19:43:14 +0200 (Mon, 22 Aug 2022) $</pubdate>
+ <title>VBoxManage setproperty</title>
+ </refentryinfo>
+
+ <refmeta>
+ <refentrytitle>VBoxManage-setproperty</refentrytitle>
+ <manvolnum>1</manvolnum>
+ </refmeta>
+
+ <refnamediv>
+ <refname>VBoxManage-setproperty</refname>
+ <refpurpose>change global settings</refpurpose>
+ <refclass>&product-name;</refclass>
+ </refnamediv>
+
+ <refsynopsisdiv>
+<!-- The 'id' is mandatory and must start with 'synopsis-'. -->
+ <cmdsynopsis id="synopsis-vboxmanage-setproperty">
+ <command>VBoxManage setproperty</command>
+ <arg choice="req"><replaceable>property-name</replaceable></arg>
+ <arg choice="req"><replaceable>property-value</replaceable></arg>
+ </cmdsynopsis>
+ </refsynopsisdiv>
+
+ <refsect1>
+ <title>Description</title>
+ <para>
+ The <command>VBoxManage setproperty</command> command enables you
+ to change global settings that affect the entire &product-name;
+ installation. Some of these settings correspond to the settings in
+ the <emphasis role="bold">Preferences</emphasis> dialog in the
+ VirtualBox Manager.
+ </para>
+ <para>
+ The following properties are available:
+ </para>
+ <variablelist>
+ <varlistentry>
+ <term><literal>autostartdbpath</literal></term>
+ <listitem><para>
+ Specifies the path to the autostart database. Valid values
+ are <literal>null</literal>, which disables the autostart
+ database, or the name of the folder that contains the
+ database. See <xref linkend="autostart" />.
+ </para></listitem>
+ </varlistentry>
+ <varlistentry>
+ <term><literal>defaultfrontend</literal></term>
+ <listitem><para>
+ Specifies the global default VM frontend. Valid values are
+ <literal>default</literal>, which specifies the default
+ frontend, or the name of the frontend to use.
+ </para></listitem>
+ </varlistentry>
+ <varlistentry>
+ <term><literal>hwvirtexclusive</literal></term>
+ <listitem><para>
+ Specifies whether &product-name; makes exclusive use of the
+ Intel VT-x or AMD-V hardware virtualization extensions of
+ the host system's processor. See <xref linkend="hwvirt" />.
+ </para><para>
+ Valid values are as follows:
+ </para><itemizedlist>
+ <listitem><para>
+ <literal>on</literal> enables &product-name; to make
+ exclusive use of these extensions. This is the default
+ value.
+ </para></listitem>
+ <listitem><para>
+ <literal>off</literal> shares these extensions with
+ other hypervisors that run simultaneously. Note that
+ disabling this setting has negative performance
+ implications.
+ </para></listitem>
+ </itemizedlist></listitem>
+ </varlistentry>
+ <varlistentry>
+ <term><literal>language</literal></term>
+ <listitem><para>
+ Specifies the user language used to translate API messages.
+ Valid values are <literal>C</literal>, which means no
+ translation or language code in form either <literal>ll</literal>
+ or <literal>ll_CC</literal>, where <literal>ll</literal> is
+ language 2 letters code in lower case and
+ <literal>CC</literal> is country 2 letter code in upper case.
+ </para></listitem>
+ </varlistentry>
+ <varlistentry>
+ <term><literal>logginglevel</literal></term>
+ <listitem><para>
+ Specifies the VBoxSVC release logging details. See
+ <ulink url="http://www.virtualbox.org/wiki/VBoxLogging" />.
+ </para></listitem>
+ </varlistentry>
+ <varlistentry>
+ <term><literal>loghistorycount</literal></term>
+ <listitem><para>
+ Specifies the number of rotated VM logs to retain.
+ </para></listitem>
+ </varlistentry>
+ <varlistentry>
+ <term><literal>machinefolder</literal></term>
+ <listitem><para>
+ Specifies the default folder in which virtual machine (VM)
+ definitions are stored. Valid values are
+ <literal>default</literal>, which specifies the default
+ storage folder, or the name of the folder to use. See
+ <xref linkend="vboxconfigdata" />.
+ </para></listitem>
+ </varlistentry>
+ <varlistentry>
+ <term><literal>proxymode</literal></term>
+ <listitem><para>
+ Configures the mode for an HTTP proxy server. Valid values
+ are as follows:
+ </para><variablelist>
+ <varlistentry>
+ <term><literal>manual</literal></term>
+ <listitem><para>
+ Configure the URL of a HTTP proxy server manually,
+ using the <literal>proxyurl</literal> property value.
+ </para></listitem>
+ </varlistentry>
+ <varlistentry>
+ <term><literal>noproxy</literal></term>
+ <listitem><para>
+ Do not use an HTTP proxy server. A direct connection
+ to the Internet is used.
+ </para></listitem>
+ </varlistentry>
+ <varlistentry>
+ <term><literal>system</literal></term>
+ <listitem><para>
+ Detect the proxy settings automatically for the host
+ network. This is the default value.
+ </para></listitem>
+ </varlistentry>
+ </variablelist></listitem>
+ </varlistentry>
+ <varlistentry>
+ <term><literal>proxyurl</literal></term>
+ <listitem><para>
+ Specifies the URL for an HTTP proxy server when you specify
+ a manual proxy by setting the <literal>proxymode</literal>
+ property to <literal>manual</literal>.
+ </para></listitem>
+ </varlistentry>
+ <varlistentry>
+ <term><literal>vrdeauthlibrary</literal></term>
+ <listitem><para>
+ Specifies which library to use when external authentication
+ has been configured for a particular VM. Valid values are
+ <literal>default</literal>, which specifies the default
+ library, or the name of the library to use. See
+ <xref linkend="vbox-auth" />.
+ </para></listitem>
+ </varlistentry>
+ <varlistentry>
+ <term><literal>vrdeextpack</literal></term>
+ <listitem><para>
+ Specifies the library that implements the VirtualBox Remote
+ Desktop Extension (RDE). Valid values are
+ <literal>null</literal>, which disables the RDE, or the name
+ of the library to use.
+ </para></listitem>
+ </varlistentry>
+ <varlistentry>
+ <term><literal>websrvauthlibrary</literal></term>
+ <listitem><para>
+ Specifies which library the web service uses to authenticate
+ users. Valid values are <literal>default</literal>, which
+ specifies the default library, <literal>null</literal>,
+ which disables authentication, or the name of the library to
+ use. For information about the &product-name; web service,
+ see <xref linkend="VirtualBoxAPI" />.
+ </para></listitem>
+ </varlistentry>
+ </variablelist>
+ </refsect1>
+
+ <refsect1>
+ <title>Examples</title>
+ <remark role="help-scope" condition="GLOBAL" />
+ <para>
+ The following command configures &product-name; to use the
+ specified HTTP proxy server.
+ </para>
+<screen>$ VBoxManage setproperty proxymode manual
+$ VBoxManage setproperty proxyurl "http://myproxy.com:8080"</screen>
+ </refsect1>
+
+ <refsect1>
+ <title>See Also</title>
+ <para>
+ <xref linkend="vboxmanage-startvm" />
+ </para>
+ </refsect1>
+</refentry>