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NAME

Rex::Virtualization::VBox - VirtualBox Virtualization Module

DESCRIPTION

With this module you can manage VirtualBox.

SYNOPSIS

use Rex::Commands::Virtualization;

set virtualization => "VBox";

use Data::Dumper;

print Dumper vm list => "all";
print Dumper vm list => "running";

vm destroy => "vm01";

vm delete => "vm01";

vm start => "vm01";

vm shutdown => "vm01";

vm reboot => "vm01";

vm option => "vm01",
      memory    => 512;

print Dumper vm info => "vm01";

# creating a vm
vm create => "vm01",
   storage    => [
     {
       file  => "/mnt/data/vbox/vm01.img",
       size  => "10G",
     },
     {
       file => "/mnt/iso/debian6.iso",
     }
   ],
   memory => 512,
   type => "Linux26",
   cpus => 1,
   boot => "dvd";

vm forward_port => "vm01", add => { http => [8080, 80] };

vm forward_port => "vm01", remove => "http";

print Dumper vm guestinfo => "vm01";

vm share_folder => "vm01", add => { sharename => "/path/to/share" };

vm share_folder => "vm01", remove => "sharename";

For VirtualBox memory declaration is always in megabyte.