%all.entities; ]> $Date: 2023-04-21 21:59:02 +0000 (Fri, 21 Apr 2023) $ VBoxManage-showvminfo 1 VBoxManage-showvminfo show configuration information or log file contents for a virtual machine &product-name; VBoxManage showvminfo uuid vmname --details --machinereadable --password-id --password VBoxManage showvminfo uuid vmname --log=index --password-id id --password file|- The VBoxManage showvminfo command outputs configuration information or log file contents for a specified virtual machine (VM). The VBoxManage showvminfo command outputs information about the specified VM in a detailed format or in a machine-readable format. The VBoxManage showvminfo command shows the same information for the specified VM in the same format as the VBoxManage list vms --long command. --details Includes detailed information about the VM. --machinereadable Specifies that the VM information be in a machine-readable format. --password-id id Specifies password id of the VM if it is encrypted. --password file|- Specifies password of the VM if it is encrypted. Either specify the absolute pathname of a password file on the host operating system, or - to prompt you for the password. The VBoxManage showvminfo --log command outputs the contents of one of the specified VM's log files. --log=index Specifies a numerical index that identifies the log file. The index value starts at 0, which indicates the VBox.log file. An index value of 1 indicates the VBoxHardening.log file. Index values starting at 2 indicate other log files, such as the VBox.log.1 file. --password-id id Specifies password id of the VM if it is encrypted. --password file|- Specifies password of the VM if it is encrypted. Either specify the absolute pathname of a password file on the host operating system, or - to prompt you for the password. The following example shows typical output for this command: $ VBoxManage showvminfo "Windows 10" VirtualBox Command Line Management Interface Version version-number Copyright (C) 2005-2023 Oracle and/or its affiliates Name: Windows 10 Groups: / Guest OS: Windows 10 (64-bit) UUID: 1bf3464d-57c6-4d49-92a9-a5cc3816b7e7 Config file: /home/username/VirtualBox VMs/Windows 10/Windows 10.vbox Snapshot folder: /home/username/VirtualBox VMs/Windows 10/Snapshots Log folder: /home/username/VirtualBox VMs/Windows 10/Logs Hardware UUID: 1bf3464d-57c6-4d49-92a9-a5cc3816b7e7 Memory size: 2048MB Page Fusion: off VRAM size: 12MB CPU exec cap: 100% ... The following example shows the information output in a machine-readable format, which shows the entries as a property=value string: $ VBoxManage showvminfo "Windows 10" --machinereadable ... groups="/" ostype="Windows 10 (64-bit)" UUID="1bf3464d-57c6-4d49-92a9-a5cc3816b7e7" ... The following example shows the contents of the VBox.log log file: $ VBoxManage showvminfo "Windows 10" --log 0 00:00:02.895106 VirtualBox VM 6.0.0_RC1 r127378 linux.amd64 (Dec 10 2018 17:16:06) release log 00:00:02.895109 Log opened 2018-12-14T14:31:44.088259000Z 00:00:02.895111 Build Type: release 00:00:02.895115 OS Product: Linux 00:00:02.895117 OS Release: 4.1.12-61.1.22.el7uek.x86_64 00:00:02.895119 OS Version: #2 SMP Fri Dec 2 09:28:44 PST 2016 ...