How to run "Oracle VirtualBox (VBOX)" like a service after boot in fully background "Microsoft Windows (WIN)"?
PROBLEM
I want to run autostart "Virtual Machine (VM)" without "Oracle VirtualBox (VBOX)" "Graphical User Interface (GUI)" on local DEV machine with "Microsoft Windows (WIN)".
How can I do that in fully running background process?
Answer
SOLUTION
The trick is to run the VM without GUI. With this you can easily run VM on WIN server like a service too.
0) Prerequired is that exist some VM, you have some already. Below put its name instead {vm_name}.
1) At first we use build-in executable file "VBoxHeadless.exe".
create file
vm.run.bat
put code
cd "c:\Program Files\Oracle\VirtualBox\"
VBoxHeadless.exe -s {vm_name} -v on
run and test it - WIN "Command Line Interface (CLI)" called "Command shell" will be open and VM will running in background.
vm.run.bat
2) Then we use "Windows-based script host (WSCRIPT)" and language "Microsoft Visual Basic Script (VBS)" and run above file "vm.run.bat" with.
create file
vm.run.vbs
put code
Set WshShell = WScript.CreateObject("WScript.Shell")
obj = WshShell.Run("vm.run.bat", 0)
set WshShell = Nothing
run and test it - CLI will be run in background.
wscript.exe vm.run.vbs
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Thanks to iain