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== VirtualBox == | |||
=== Running a VM headless (in the background, like a service) or without GUI === | |||
''Last tested on Windows 10 Home x64 (v1511, build 10586.318) + VirtualBox v5.0.20 r106931'' | |||
<span class="shell">Givens:</span> | |||
* the name of the virtual machine is '''virtualmachine''' | |||
We first create a batch file that runs the VM. Create a file named <span class="package">vm-run.bat</span> with the following content. | |||
<source lang="dosbatch"> | |||
cd "c:\Program Files\Oracle\VirtualBox\" | |||
VBoxHeadless -s virtualmachine -v on | |||
</source> | |||
We can just use the batch file above, however, it opens up the shell to run the batch file. We use Windows-based script host using VBS to run the file. Create a file named <span class="package">vm-run.vbs</span> with the following content. | |||
<source lang="vbnet"> | |||
set WshShell = WScript.CreateObject("WScript.Shell") | |||
obj = WshShell.Run("vm-run.bat",0) | |||
set WshShell = Nothing | |||
</source> | |||
Use the following line to run the VM in the background: <code>wscript vm-run.vbs</code> | |||
</source> | |||
<span class="shell">optional:</span> | |||
You can optionally create a shortcut on your Desktop with the following value in Target: | |||
<source lang="dosbatch"> | |||
C:\Windows\System32\wscript.exe C:\Files\tools\vm.run.vbs | |||
</source> | |||
To check if it's running, go to Task Manager (taskmgr using CLI) and check Details tab. There should be 3 instances of VBoxHeadless.exe processes running. | |||