====== VirtualBox ======

Oracle VM [[wp>VirtualBox]] (formerly Sun VirtualBox, Sun xVM VirtualBox and innotek VirtualBox) is a virtualization software package for x86 and AMD64/Intel64-based computers from Oracle Corporation as part of its family of virtualization products

===== Autostarting VMs =====

Since [[package>VirtualBox|VirtualBox-4.3.8-4]] PLD package, you can autostart guests:

  - edit ''/etc/vbox/autostart.cfg'' and fill which users may access the feature
  - as user, configure autostart dbpath: <code sh>
$ VBoxManage setproperty autostartdbpath /etc/vbox/autostart
</code>
  - modify VM to enable autostart of it: <code sh>
$ VBoxManage modifyvm <uuid|vmname> --autostart-enabled on
</code>

You can use ''VBoxManage list vms'' or ''VBoxManage list runningvms'' to figure out the UUID or VM name).

If you're using [[vagrant]], then you can obtain uuid from ''id'' file:
<code sh>
$ cat .vagrant/machines/default/virtualbox/id
238dd504-f9f5-48c9-b214-cf64f16dc0ce
</code>

**NB**! VM needs to be stopped for ''modifyvm'' command to succeed.

===== Automounting Shared Folders in VM =====

Starting with version 4.0, VirtualBox can [[http://www.virtualbox.org/manual/ch04.html#sf_mount_auto|mount shared folders automatically]]. However it needed hardcoded group ''vboxsf'' to exist, no errors were shown if the group did not exist.

The group was added in [[http://git.pld-linux.org/?p=packages/VirtualBox.git;a=commitdiff;h=551622b8b751ca9fe190ea3af0077fa246cd6b9f|VirtualBox-guest-4.3.8-4]] package.

However, the automounter is still very poor, it will stop mounting other shared folders if there's problem with one of them (shared source folder missing, permission error etc). To debug this, run ''VBoxService -v -v -v'' in verbose mode in guest.