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<refentry id="vboxmanage-createvm" lang="en">
<refentryinfo>
<pubdate>$Date: 2024-02-19 17:23:30 +0100 (Mon, 19 Feb 2024) $</pubdate>
<title>VBoxManage createvm</title>
</refentryinfo>
<refmeta>
<refentrytitle>VBoxManage-createvm</refentrytitle>
<manvolnum>1</manvolnum>
</refmeta>
<refnamediv>
<refname>VBoxManage-createvm</refname>
<refpurpose>create a new virtual machine</refpurpose>
<refclass>&product-name;</refclass>
</refnamediv>
<refsynopsisdiv>
<cmdsynopsis id="synopsis-vboxmanage-createvm">
<!-- The 'id' is mandatory and must start with 'synopsis-'. -->
<command>VBoxManage createvm</command>
<arg choice="req">--name=<replaceable>name</replaceable></arg>
<arg>--basefolder=<replaceable>basefolder</replaceable></arg>
<arg>--default</arg>
<arg>--groups=<replaceable>group-ID</replaceable>,...</arg>
<arg>--ostype=<replaceable>ostype</replaceable></arg>
<arg>--register</arg>
<arg>--uuid=<replaceable>uuid</replaceable></arg>
<arg>--cipher <replaceable>cipher</replaceable></arg>
<arg>--password-id <replaceable>password-id</replaceable></arg>
<arg>--password <replaceable>file</replaceable></arg>
</cmdsynopsis>
</refsynopsisdiv>
<refsect1>
<title>Description</title>
<para>
The <command>VBoxManage createvm</command> command creates a new
XML virtual machine (VM) definition file.
</para>
<para>
You must specify the name of the VM by using <option>--name
<replaceable>name</replaceable></option>. This name is used by
default as the name of the settings file that has the
<filename>.vbox</filename> extension and the machine folder, which
is a subfolder of the <filename>$HOME/VirtualBox VMs</filename>
directory.
</para>
<para>
The actual file name may not correspond directly to the VM name
if it violates the host OS file name requirements (such as using
the path separator or other reserved characters, they will be
substituted with a placeholder). If you later rename the VM, the
file and folder names will be updated to match the new name
automatically.
</para>
</refsect1>
<refsect1>
<title>Command Options</title>
<para>
In addition to specifying the name or UUID of the VM, which is
required, you can specify any of the following options:
</para>
<variablelist>
<varlistentry>
<term><option>--basefolder=<replaceable>basefolder</replaceable></option></term>
<listitem><para>
Specifies the name of the folder in which to save the
machine configuration file for the new VM.
</para><para>
Note that the names of the file and the folder do not change
if you rename the VM.
</para></listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry>
<term><option>--default</option></term>
<listitem><para>
Applies a default hardware configuration for the specified
guest OS. By default, the VM is created with minimal
hardware.
</para></listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry>
<term><option>--groups=<replaceable>group-ID</replaceable>[,...]</option></term>
<listitem><para>
Assigns the VM to the specified groups. If you specify more
than one group, separate each group name with a comma.
</para><para>
Note that each group is identified by a group ID that starts
with a slash character (<literal>/</literal>) so that groups
can be nested. By default, a VM is always assigned
membership to the <literal>/</literal> group.
</para></listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry>
<term><option>--ostype=<replaceable>ostype</replaceable></option></term>
<listitem><para>
Specifies the guest OS to run in the VM. Run the
<command>VBoxManage list ostypes</command> command to see
the available OS types.
</para></listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry>
<term><option>--register</option></term>
<listitem><para>
Registers the VM with your &product-name; installation. By
default, the <command>VBoxManage createvm</command> command
creates only the XML configuration for the VM but does not
register the VM. If you do not register the VM at creation,
you can run the <command>VBoxManage registervm</command>
command after you create the VM.
</para></listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry>
<term><option>--uuid=<replaceable>uuid</replaceable></option></term>
<listitem><para>
Specifies the Universally Unique Identifier (UUID) of the
VM. Ensure that this UUID is unique within the
&product-name; namespace of the host or of its VM group
memberships if you decide to register the VM. By default,
&product-name; provides the UUID.
</para></listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry>
<term><option>--cipher <replaceable>cipher</replaceable></option></term>
<listitem><para>
Specifies the cipher to use for encryption. Valid values are
<literal>AES-128</literal> or
<literal>AES-256</literal>.
</para><para>
This option enables you to set up encryption on VM.
</para></listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry>
<term><option>--password-id <replaceable>password-id</replaceable></option></term>
<listitem><para>
Specifies a new password identifier that is used for correct
identification when supplying multiple passwords for the VM.
</para><para>
This option enables you to set up encryption on VM.
</para></listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry>
<term><option>--password <replaceable>file</replaceable></option></term>
<listitem><para>
Use the <option>--password</option> to supply the encryption
password 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 password on the command line.
</para><para>
This option enables you to set up encryption on VM.
</para></listitem>
</varlistentry>
</variablelist>
</refsect1>
<refsect1>
<title>Examples</title>
<remark role="help-scope" condition="GLOBAL" />
<para>
The following command creates a VM called <literal>vm2</literal>
where you plan to run a 64-bit version of Oracle Linux.
</para>
<screen>$ VBoxManage createvm --name "vm2" --ostype "Oracle_64"</screen>
<para>
The following command creates and registers a VM called
<literal>vm3</literal>.
</para>
<screen>$ VBoxManage createvm --name "vm3" --register</screen>
</refsect1>
<refsect1>
<title>See Also</title>
<para>
<xref linkend="vboxmanage-list" />,
<xref linkend="vboxmanage-registervm" />
</para>
</refsect1>
</refentry>
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