machine:~ leny$ vibox list -s
IE7 {3ca17e1c-49b9-4e49-9d50-53767d2fe2bc} poweroff
IE9 {808bd258-e1c8-460e-a421-cf78297ae0e5} poweroff
IE10 {4e60848d-b316-42d9-80f9-b8b41bc3eed3} poweroff
nodebase {515004b4-fe11-4be3-9da1-8d9c84260877} poweroff
hyperbase {e1fbdd95-0115-45d2-be98-2250ed94716a} running
vibox is a simple manager for your VirtualBoxes' VMs.
Actually, it's just a wrapper over VBoxManage, but more simple and with completion.
It's free, built with node.js, and made with
vibox is built with node.js, so it must be installed on your computer.
Install the module with: npm install vibox
To benefit from completion, add the following line to your .profile, or .bash_rc, or whatever :
which vibox > /dev/null && . "$( vibox --initpath )"
vibox is a cli tools, so if you type some commands, vibox would do awesome things.
vibox list [options]
machine:~ leny$ vibox list
IE7 {3ca17e1c-49b9-4e49-9d50-53767d2fe2bc}
IE9 {808bd258-e1c8-460e-a421-cf78297ae0e5}
IE10 {4e60848d-b316-42d9-80f9-b8b41bc3eed3}
nodebase {515004b4-fe11-4be3-9da1-8d9c84260877}
hyperbase {e1fbdd95-0115-45d2-be98-2250ed94716a}
machine:~ leny$ vibox list -s
IE7 {3ca17e1c-49b9-4e49-9d50-53767d2fe2bc} poweroff
IE9 {808bd258-e1c8-460e-a421-cf78297ae0e5} poweroff
IE10 {4e60848d-b316-42d9-80f9-b8b41bc3eed3} poweroff
nodebase {515004b4-fe11-4be3-9da1-8d9c84260877} poweroff
hyperbase {e1fbdd95-0115-45d2-be98-2250ed94716a} running
machine:~ leny$ vibox list -r
hyperbase {e1fbdd95-0115-45d2-be98-2250ed94716a} running
The list command displays all installed VMs on your system.
You can optionally check the status of each VM and sort the results by currently running VMs.
vibox show [options] <uid|name>
machine:~ leny$ vibox show hyperbase
=============
= hyperbase =
=============
- uuid: {e1fbdd95-0115-45d2-be98-2250ed94716a}
- group: /Local Servers
- os: Debian
- ram: 2048MB
+ state: running
- since: Thursday, May 09, 2013 16:23:30
+ shared folders:
- flatland: /Users/leny/Works/flatLand
machine:~ leny$ vibox show hyperbase
=============
= hyperbase =
=============
- uuid: {e1fbdd95-0115-45d2-be98-2250ed94716a}
- group: /Local Servers
- os: Debian
- ram: 2048MB
+ state: running
- since: Thursday, May 09, 2013 16:23:30
+ shared folders:
- flatland: /Users/leny/Works/flatLand
+ full informations:
- name: hyperbase
- groups: /Local Servers
- ostype: Debian
- UUID: e1fbdd95-0115-45d2-be98-2250ed94716a
- CfgFile: /Users/leny/VirtualBox VMs/Local Servers/hyperbase/hyperbase.vbox
- SnapFldr: /Users/leny/VirtualBox VMs/Local Servers/hyperbase/Snapshots
- LogFldr: /Users/leny/VirtualBox VMs/Local Servers/hyperbase/Logs
- hardwareuuid: e1fbdd95-0115-45d2-be98-2250ed94716a
- memory: 2048
- pagefusion: off
- vram: 12
- cpuexecutioncap: 100
- hpet: off
- chipset: piix3
- firmware: BIOS
- cpus: 1
- synthcpu: off
- bootmenu: messageandmenu
- boot1: floppy
- boot2: dvd
- boot3: disk
- boot4: none
- acpi: on
- ioapic: off
- pae: off
- Time offset: 0rtcuseutc
- hwvirtex: on
- hwvirtexexcl: off
- nestedpaging: on
- largepages: on
- vtxvpid: on
- VMState: running
- VMStateChangeTime: 2013-05-09T14:23:30.969000000
- monitorcount: 1
- accelerate3d: off
- accelerate2dvideo: off
- teleporterenabled: off
- teleporterport: 0
- teleporteraddress:
- teleporterpassword:
- tracing-enabled: off
- tracing-allow-vm-access: off
- tracing-config:
- autostart-enabled: off
- autostart-delay: 0
- storagecontrollername0: IDE
- storagecontrollertype0: PIIX4
- storagecontrollerinstance0: 0
- storagecontrollermaxportcount0: 2
- storagecontrollerportcount0: 2
- storagecontrollerbootable0: on
- storagecontrollername1: SATA
- storagecontrollertype1: IntelAhci
- storagecontrollerinstance1: 0
- storagecontrollermaxportcount1: 30
- storagecontrollerportcount1: 1
- storagecontrollerbootable1: on
- IDE-0-0: none
- IDE-0-1: none
- IDE-1-0: /Applications/VirtualBox.app/Contents/MacOS/VBoxGuestAdditions.iso
- IDE-ImageUUID-1-0: a8d5a89d-5d2d-4ec8-9545-5f4197a0598c
- IDE-tempeject: off
- IDE-IsEjected: off
- IDE-1-1: none
- SATA-0-0: /Users/leny/VirtualBox VMs/Local Servers/hyperbase/hyperbase.vdi
- SATA-ImageUUID-0-0: 914b535b-9bdd-48f2-9f8d-f0c8a0fb5147
- natnet1: nat
- macaddress1: 08002737EBA2
- cableconnected1: on
- nic1: nat
- nictype1: 82540EM
- nicspeed1: 0
- mtu: 0
- sockSnd: 64
- sockRcv: 64
- tcpWndSnd: 64
- tcpWndRcv: 64
- hostonlyadapter2: vboxnet0
- macaddress2: 080027AFF5FE
- cableconnected2: on
- nic2: hostonly
- nictype2: 82540EM
- nicspeed2: 0
- nic3: none
- nic4: none
- nic5: none
- nic6: none
- nic7: none
- nic8: none
- hidpointing: usbtablet
- hidkeyboard: ps2kbd
- uart1: off
- uart2: off
- lpt1: off
- lpt2: off
- audio: coreaudio
- clipboard: disabled
- draganddrop: disabled
- VideoMode: 720,400,0
- vrde: off
- usb: on
- ehci: off
- VRDEActiveConnection: off
- VRDEClients: 0
- GuestMemoryBalloon: 0
- GuestOSType: Linux26
- GuestAdditionsRunLevel: 2
- GuestAdditionsVersion: 4.2.12 r84980
- GuestAdditionsFacility_VirtualBox Base Driver: 50,1368109425793
- GuestAdditionsFacility_VirtualBox System Service: 50,1368109429297
- GuestAdditionsFacility_Seamless Mode: 0,1368109425792
- GuestAdditionsFacility_Graphics Mode: 0,1368109425792
The show command details information about the selected VM.
You can optionally visualize the full list of information.
vibox control <uid|name> <action>
The control command allows you to request the selected VM to take action.
vibox start [options] <uid|name>
The start command is an alias of vibox control <VM> start.
With the headless option, it's an alias of vibox control <VM> headless.
vibox headless <uid|name>
The headless command is an alias of vibox control <VM> headless.
vibox stop <uid|name>
The stop command is an alias of vibox control <VM> stop.
However it's functional, there's still some work to do : error handlers, some optimization.
In the future, I'll probably add support to more commands of VBoxManage.
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