VBoxManage is the CLI to . With it, you can control from the command line of the host operating system. VBoxManage supports all the features that the graphical user interface gives you access to, plus the features of the virtualization engine that can't be accessed from the GUI.

You need to use the command line to do the following:

• Use a different user interface than the main GUI such as the VBoxHeadless server.

• Control some more advanced and experimental configuration settings for a VM.

For more information, refer to the VBoxManage command and .