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Yassine Sellami
Yassine Sellami

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Useful: VirtualBox helpers / Command

#virtualbox #vm #linux
  • VMs 
VBoxManage list vms  // List all the virtual machines
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  • Network 
---# Port Forwarding
// if vm is powered
VBoxManage controlvm "MyVmName" natpf1 "guestSsh,tcp,,2222,,22"
// if vm is shutdown
VBoxManage modifyvm "MyVmName" --natpf1 "guestssh,tcp,,2222,,22"
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  • Nested Virtualization

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If you can't change it from the interface, run the following cmd:

VBoxManage modifyvm <VMName> --nested-hw-virt on

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