Create/Manage VirtualBox VMs from the Command Line Note to self, here’s a quick recipe for creating a Virtual Machine using the VirtualBox command line, Create the VM, VBoxManage createvm --name "io" --register VBoxManage modifyvm "io" --memory 512 --acpi on --boot1 dvd VBoxManage modifyvm "io" --nic1 bridged --bridgeadapter1 eth0 VBoxManage modifyvm "io" --macaddress1 XXXXXXXXXXXX VBoxManage modi