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31<refentry id="vboxmanage-setproperty" lang="en">
32 <refentryinfo>
33 <pubdate>$Date: 2023-04-21 21:59:02 +0000 (Fri, 21 Apr 2023) $</pubdate>
34 <title>VBoxManage setproperty</title>
35 </refentryinfo>
36
37 <refmeta>
38 <refentrytitle>VBoxManage-setproperty</refentrytitle>
39 <manvolnum>1</manvolnum>
40 </refmeta>
41
42 <refnamediv>
43 <refname>VBoxManage-setproperty</refname>
44 <refpurpose>change global settings</refpurpose>
45 <refclass>&product-name;</refclass>
46 </refnamediv>
47
48 <refsynopsisdiv>
49<!-- The 'id' is mandatory and must start with 'synopsis-'. -->
50 <cmdsynopsis id="synopsis-vboxmanage-setproperty">
51 <command>VBoxManage setproperty</command>
52 <arg choice="req"><replaceable>property-name</replaceable></arg>
53 <arg choice="req"><replaceable>property-value</replaceable></arg>
54 </cmdsynopsis>
55 </refsynopsisdiv>
56
57 <refsect1 id="vboxmanage-setproperty-description">
58 <title>Description</title>
59 <para>
60 The <command>VBoxManage setproperty</command> command enables you
61 to change global settings that affect the entire &product-name;
62 installation. Some of these settings correspond to the settings in
63 the <emphasis role="bold">Preferences</emphasis> dialog in the
64 VirtualBox Manager.
65 </para>
66 <para>
67 The following properties are available:
68 </para>
69 <variablelist>
70 <varlistentry>
71 <term><literal>autostartdbpath</literal></term>
72 <listitem><para>
73 Specifies the path to the autostart database. Valid values
74 are <literal>null</literal>, which disables the autostart
75 database, or the name of the folder that contains the
76 database. See <xref linkend="autostart" />.
77 </para></listitem>
78 </varlistentry>
79 <varlistentry>
80 <term><literal>defaultfrontend</literal></term>
81 <listitem><para>
82 Specifies the global default VM frontend. Valid values are
83 <literal>default</literal>, which specifies the default
84 frontend, or the name of the frontend to use.
85 </para></listitem>
86 </varlistentry>
87 <varlistentry>
88 <term><literal>hwvirtexclusive</literal></term>
89 <listitem><para>
90 Specifies whether &product-name; makes exclusive use of the
91 Intel VT-x or AMD-V hardware virtualization extensions of
92 the host system's processor. See <xref linkend="hwvirt" />.
93 </para><para>
94 Valid values are as follows:
95 </para><itemizedlist>
96 <listitem><para>
97 <literal>on</literal> enables &product-name; to make
98 exclusive use of these extensions. This is the default
99 value.
100 </para></listitem>
101 <listitem><para>
102 <literal>off</literal> shares these extensions with
103 other hypervisors that run simultaneously. Note that
104 disabling this setting has negative performance
105 implications.
106 </para></listitem>
107 </itemizedlist></listitem>
108 </varlistentry>
109 <varlistentry>
110 <term><literal>language</literal></term>
111 <listitem><para>
112 Specifies the user language used to translate API messages.
113 Valid values are <literal>C</literal>, which means no
114 translation or language code in form either <literal>ll</literal>
115 or <literal>ll_CC</literal>, where <literal>ll</literal> is
116 language 2 letters code in lower case and
117 <literal>CC</literal> is country 2 letter code in upper case.
118 </para></listitem>
119 </varlistentry>
120 <varlistentry>
121 <term><literal>logginglevel</literal></term>
122 <listitem><para>
123 Specifies the VBoxSVC release logging details. See
124 <ulink url="http://www.virtualbox.org/wiki/VBoxLogging" />.
125 </para></listitem>
126 </varlistentry>
127 <varlistentry>
128 <term><literal>loghistorycount</literal></term>
129 <listitem><para>
130 Specifies the number of rotated VM logs to retain.
131 </para></listitem>
132 </varlistentry>
133 <varlistentry>
134 <term><literal>machinefolder</literal></term>
135 <listitem><para>
136 Specifies the default folder in which virtual machine (VM)
137 definitions are stored. Valid values are
138 <literal>default</literal>, which specifies the default
139 storage folder, or the name of the folder to use. See
140 <xref linkend="vboxconfigdata" />.
141 </para></listitem>
142 </varlistentry>
143 <varlistentry>
144 <term><literal>proxymode</literal></term>
145 <listitem><para>
146 Configures the mode for an HTTP proxy server. Valid values
147 are as follows:
148 </para><variablelist>
149 <varlistentry>
150 <term><literal>manual</literal></term>
151 <listitem><para>
152 Configure the URL of a HTTP proxy server manually,
153 using the <literal>proxyurl</literal> property value.
154 </para></listitem>
155 </varlistentry>
156 <varlistentry>
157 <term><literal>noproxy</literal></term>
158 <listitem><para>
159 Do not use an HTTP proxy server. A direct connection
160 to the Internet is used.
161 </para></listitem>
162 </varlistentry>
163 <varlistentry>
164 <term><literal>system</literal></term>
165 <listitem><para>
166 Detect the proxy settings automatically for the host
167 network. This is the default value.
168 </para></listitem>
169 </varlistentry>
170 </variablelist></listitem>
171 </varlistentry>
172 <varlistentry>
173 <term><literal>proxyurl</literal></term>
174 <listitem><para>
175 Specifies the URL for an HTTP proxy server when you specify
176 a manual proxy by setting the <literal>proxymode</literal>
177 property to <literal>manual</literal>.
178 </para></listitem>
179 </varlistentry>
180 <varlistentry>
181 <term><literal>vrdeauthlibrary</literal></term>
182 <listitem><para>
183 Specifies which library to use when external authentication
184 has been configured for a particular VM. Valid values are
185 <literal>default</literal>, which specifies the default
186 library, or the name of the library to use. See
187 <xref linkend="vbox-auth" />.
188 </para></listitem>
189 </varlistentry>
190 <varlistentry>
191 <term><literal>vrdeextpack</literal></term>
192 <listitem><para>
193 Specifies the library that implements the VirtualBox Remote
194 Desktop Extension (RDE). Valid values are
195 <literal>null</literal>, which disables the RDE, or the name
196 of the library to use.
197 </para></listitem>
198 </varlistentry>
199 <varlistentry>
200 <term><literal>websrvauthlibrary</literal></term>
201 <listitem><para>
202 Specifies which library the web service uses to authenticate
203 users. Valid values are <literal>default</literal>, which
204 specifies the default library, <literal>null</literal>,
205 which disables authentication, or the name of the library to
206 use. For information about the &product-name; web service,
207 see <xref linkend="VirtualBoxAPI" />.
208 </para></listitem>
209 </varlistentry>
210 </variablelist>
211 </refsect1>
212
213 <refsect1 id="vboxmanage-setproperty-examples">
214 <title>Examples</title>
215 <remark role="help-scope" condition="GLOBAL" />
216 <para>
217 The following command configures &product-name; to use the
218 specified HTTP proxy server.
219 </para>
220<screen>$ VBoxManage setproperty proxymode manual
221$ VBoxManage setproperty proxyurl "http://myproxy.com:8080"</screen>
222 </refsect1>
223
224 <refsect1 id="vboxmanage-setproperty-see-also">
225 <title>See Also</title>
226 <para>
227 <xref linkend="vboxmanage-startvm" />
228 </para>
229 </refsect1>
230</refentry>
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