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1<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
2<!--
3 manpage, user manual, usage: VBoxManage unattended
4
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6
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15<!DOCTYPE refentry PUBLIC "-//OASIS//DTD DocBook XML V4.4//EN" "http://www.oasis-open.org/docbook/xml/4.4/docbookx.dtd">
16<refentry id="vboxmanage-unattended" lang="en">
17
18 <refentryinfo>
19 <pubdate>$Date: 2017-07-27 17:39:18 +0000 (Thu, 27 Jul 2017) $</pubdate>
20 <title>VBoxManage unattended</title>
21 </refentryinfo>
22
23 <refmeta>
24 <refentrytitle>VBoxManage-unattended</refentrytitle>
25 <manvolnum>1</manvolnum>
26 </refmeta>
27
28 <refnamediv>
29 <refname>VBoxManage-unattended</refname>
30 <refpurpose>unattended guest OS installation</refpurpose>
31 <refclass>Oracle VM VirtualBox</refclass>
32 </refnamediv>
33
34 <refsynopsisdiv>
35 <cmdsynopsis id="synopsis-vboxmanage-unattended-detect"> <!-- The 'id' is mandatory and must start with 'synopsis-'. -->
36 <command>VBoxManage unattended detect</command>
37 <arg choice="req">--iso=<replaceable>install-iso</replaceable></arg>
38 <arg>--machine-readable</arg>
39 </cmdsynopsis>
40 <cmdsynopsis id="synopsis-vboxmanage-unattended-install"> <!-- The 'id' is mandatory and must start with 'synopsis-'. -->
41 <command>VBoxManage unattended install</command>
42 <arg choice="req"><replaceable>uuid|vmname</replaceable></arg>
43 <arg choice="req">--iso=<replaceable>install-iso</replaceable></arg>
44 <arg>--user=<replaceable>login</replaceable></arg>
45 <arg>--password=<replaceable>password</replaceable></arg>
46 <arg>--full-user-name=<replaceable>name</replaceable></arg>
47 <arg>--key=<replaceable>product-key</replaceable></arg>
48 <arg>--install-additions</arg>
49 <arg>--no-install-additions</arg>
50 <arg>--additions-iso=<replaceable>add-iso</replaceable></arg>
51 <arg>--install-txs</arg>
52 <arg>--no-install-txs</arg>
53 <arg>--validation-kit-iso=<replaceable>testing-iso</replaceable></arg>
54 <arg>--locale=<replaceable>ll_CC</replaceable></arg>
55 <arg>--country=<replaceable>CC</replaceable></arg>
56 <arg>--time-zone=<replaceable>tz</replaceable></arg>
57 <arg>--hostname=<replaceable>fqdn</replaceable></arg>
58 <arg>--package-selection-adjustment=<replaceable>keyword</replaceable></arg>
59 <arg>--dry-run</arg>
60 <arg>--auxiliary-base-path=<replaceable>path</replaceable></arg>
61 <arg>--image-index=<replaceable>number</replaceable></arg>
62 <arg>--script-template=<replaceable>file</replaceable></arg>
63 <arg>--post-install-template=<replaceable>file</replaceable></arg>
64 <arg>--post-install-command=<replaceable>command</replaceable></arg>
65 <arg>--extra-install-kernel-parameters=<replaceable>params</replaceable></arg>
66 <arg>--session-type=<replaceable>type</replaceable></arg>
67 </cmdsynopsis>
68 </refsynopsisdiv>
69
70 <refsect1>
71 <title>Description</title>
72
73 <refsect2 id="vboxmanage-unattended-detect">
74 <title>unattended detect</title>
75 <remark role="help-copy-synopsis"/>
76 <para>
77 Detects the guest operating system (OS) on the specified installation ISO
78 and displays the result. This can be used as input when creating a VM for
79 the ISO to be installed in.
80 </para>
81 <variablelist>
82 <varlistentry>
83 <term><option>--iso=<replaceable>install-iso</replaceable></option></term>
84 <listitem><para>The installation ISO to run the detection on.</para></listitem>
85 </varlistentry>
86 <varlistentry>
87 <term><option>--machine-readable</option></term>
88 <listitem><para>Produce output that is simpler to parse from a script.</para></listitem>
89 </varlistentry>
90 </variablelist>
91 </refsect2>
92
93 <refsect2 id="vboxmanage-unattended-install">
94 <title>unattended install</title>
95 <remark role="help-copy-synopsis"/>
96 <para>
97 Reconfigures the specified VM for installation and optionally starts it up.
98 </para>
99 <variablelist>
100 <varlistentry>
101 <term><replaceable>uuid|vmname</replaceable></term>
102 <listitem><para>Either the UUID or the name (case sensitive) of a VM.</para></listitem>
103 </varlistentry>
104 <varlistentry>
105 <term><option>--iso=<replaceable>install-iso</replaceable></option></term>
106 <listitem><para>The installation ISO to run the detection on.</para></listitem>
107 </varlistentry>
108 <varlistentry>
109 <term><option>--user=<replaceable>login</replaceable></option></term>
110 <listitem><para>The login name. (default: vboxuser)</para></listitem>
111 </varlistentry>
112 <varlistentry>
113 <term><option>--password=<replaceable>password</replaceable></option></term>
114 <listitem><para>The login password. (default: changeme)</para></listitem>
115 </varlistentry>
116 <varlistentry>
117 <term><option>--full-user-name=<replaceable>name</replaceable></option></term>
118 <listitem><para>The full user name. (default: --user)</para></listitem>
119 </varlistentry>
120 <varlistentry>
121 <term><option>--key=<replaceable>product-key</replaceable></option></term>
122 <listitem><para>The guest OS product key. Not all guest OSes requires this.</para></listitem>
123 </varlistentry>
124 <varlistentry>
125 <term><option>--install-additions</option>, <option>--no-install-additions</option></term>
126 <listitem><para>Whether to install the VirtualBox guest additions. (default: --no-install-addations)</para></listitem>
127 </varlistentry>
128 <varlistentry>
129 <term><option>--additions-iso=<replaceable>add-iso</replaceable></option></term>
130 <listitem>
131 <para>Path to the VirtualBox guest additions ISO. (default: installed/downloaded GAs)</para></listitem>
132 </varlistentry>
133 <varlistentry>
134 <term><option>--install-txs</option>, <option>--no-install-txs</option></term>
135 <listitem>
136 <para>Whether to install the test execution service (TXS) from the VirtualBox ValidationKit.
137 This is useful when preparing VMs for testing or similar. (default: --no-install-txs)</para></listitem>
138 </varlistentry>
139 <varlistentry>
140 <term><option>--validation-kit-iso=<replaceable>testing-iso</replaceable></option></term>
141 <listitem>
142 <para>Path to the VirtualBox ValidationKit ISO. This is required if <option>--install-txs</option>
143 is specified. </para></listitem>
144 </varlistentry>
145 <varlistentry>
146 <term><option>--locale=<replaceable>ll_CC</replaceable></option></term>
147 <listitem>
148 <para>The base locale specification for the guest, like en_US, de_CH, or nn_NO. (default: host or en_US)</para></listitem>
149 </varlistentry>
150 <varlistentry>
151 <term><option>--country=<replaceable>CC</replaceable></option></term>
152 <listitem><para>The two letter country code if it differs from the specified by <option>--location</option>.</para></listitem>
153 </varlistentry>
154 <varlistentry>
155 <term><option>--time-zone=<replaceable>tz</replaceable></option></term>
156 <listitem><para>The time zone to set up the guest OS with. (default: host time zone or UTC)</para></listitem>
157 </varlistentry>
158 <varlistentry>
159 <term><option>--hostname=<replaceable>fqdn</replaceable></option></term>
160 <listitem>
161 <para>The fully qualified domain name of the guest machine.
162 (default: <replaceable>vmname</replaceable>.myguest.virtualbox.org)</para></listitem>
163 </varlistentry>
164 <varlistentry>
165 <term><option>--package-selection-adjustment=<replaceable>keyword</replaceable></option></term>
166 <listitem>
167 <para>Adjustments to the guest OS packages/components selection. This can be specfied more than once. Currently
168 the only recognized keyword is <computeroutput>minimal</computeroutput> which triggers a minimal installation for
169 some of the guest OSes.</para></listitem>
170 </varlistentry>
171 <varlistentry>
172 <term><option>--dry-run</option></term>
173 <listitem><para>Do not create any files or make any changes to the VM configuration.</para></listitem>
174 </varlistentry>
175 <varlistentry>
176 <term><option>--session-type=<replaceable>type</replaceable></option></term>
177 <listitem>
178 <para>The type of session to start when launching the installation. This is the same as the <option>--type</option>
179 option for the <computeroutput>startvm</computeroutput> command, but we add <computeroutput>none</computeroutput>
180 for indicating that the VM should not be started. (default: <computeroutput>headless</computeroutput>)</para></listitem>
181 </varlistentry>
182 </variablelist>
183
184 <para>Advanced options:</para>
185 <variablelist>
186 <varlistentry>
187 <term><option>--auxiliary-base-path=<replaceable>path</replaceable></option></term>
188 <listitem>
189 <para>The path prefix to the media related files generated for the installation.
190 (default: <replaceable>vm-config-dir</replaceable>/Unattended-<replaceable>vm-uuid</replaceable>-)</para></listitem>
191 </varlistentry>
192 <varlistentry>
193 <term><option>--image-index=<replaceable>number</replaceable></option></term>
194 <listitem><para>Windows installation image index. (default: 1)</para></listitem>
195 </varlistentry>
196 <varlistentry>
197 <term><option>--script-template=<replaceable>file</replaceable></option></term>
198 <listitem><para>The unattended installation script template. (default: IMachine::OSTypeId dependent)</para></listitem>
199 </varlistentry>
200 <varlistentry>
201 <term><option>--post-install-template=<replaceable>file</replaceable></option></term>
202 <listitem><para>The post installation script template. (default: IMachine::OSTypeId dependent)</para></listitem>
203 </varlistentry>
204 <varlistentry>
205 <term><option>--post-install-command=<replaceable>command</replaceable></option></term>
206 <listitem>
207 <para>A single command to run after the installation is completed. The exact format and exactly
208 when this is run is guest OS installer dependent.</para></listitem>
209 </varlistentry>
210 <varlistentry>
211 <term><option>--extra-install-kernel-parameters=<replaceable>params</replaceable></option></term>
212 <listitem>
213 <para>
214 List of extra linux kernel parameters to use during the installation. (default: IMachine::OSTypeId dependent)
215 </para></listitem>
216 </varlistentry>
217
218 </variablelist>
219 </refsect2>
220
221 </refsect1>
222</refentry>
223
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