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<refentry id="vboxmanage-showvminfo" lang="en">
  <refentryinfo>
    <pubdate>$Date: 2023-04-21 21:59:02 +0000 (Fri, 21 Apr 2023) $</pubdate>
    <title>VBoxManage showvminfo</title>
  </refentryinfo>

  <refmeta>
    <refentrytitle>VBoxManage-showvminfo</refentrytitle>
    <manvolnum>1</manvolnum>
  </refmeta>

  <refnamediv>
    <refname>VBoxManage-showvminfo</refname>
    <refpurpose>show configuration information or log file contents for a virtual
      machine</refpurpose>
    <refclass>&product-name;</refclass>
  </refnamediv>

  <refsynopsisdiv>
    <cmdsynopsis id="synopsis-vboxmanage-showvminfo-default">
<!-- The 'id' is mandatory and must start with 'synopsis-'. -->
      <command>VBoxManage showvminfo</command>
      <group choice="req">
        <arg choice="plain"><replaceable>uuid</replaceable></arg>
        <arg choice="plain"><replaceable>vmname</replaceable></arg>
      </group>
      <arg>--details</arg>
      <arg>--machinereadable</arg>
      <arg>--password-id</arg>
      <arg>--password</arg>
    </cmdsynopsis>

    <cmdsynopsis id="synopsis-vboxmanage-showvminfo-log">
      <command>VBoxManage showvminfo</command>
      <group choice="req">
        <arg choice="plain"><replaceable>uuid</replaceable></arg>
        <arg choice="plain"><replaceable>vmname</replaceable></arg>
      </group>
      <arg choice="req">--log=<replaceable>index</replaceable></arg>
      <arg>--password-id <replaceable>id</replaceable></arg>
      <arg>--password <replaceable>file</replaceable>|-</arg>
    </cmdsynopsis>
  </refsynopsisdiv>

  <refsect1 id="vboxmanage-showvminfo-description">
    <title>Description</title>
    <para>
      The <command>VBoxManage showvminfo</command> command outputs
      configuration information or log file contents for a specified
      virtual machine (VM).
    </para>
    <refsect2 id="vboxmanage-showvminfo-default">
      <title>Viewing Virtual Machine Information</title>
      <remark role="help-copy-synopsis"/>
      <para>
        The <command>VBoxManage showvminfo</command> command outputs
        information about the specified VM in a detailed format or in a
        machine-readable format.
      </para>
      <para>
        The <command>VBoxManage showvminfo</command> command shows the
        same information for the specified VM in the same format as the
        <command>VBoxManage list vms --long</command> command.
      </para>
      <variablelist>
        <varlistentry>
          <term><option>--details</option></term>
          <listitem><para>
              Includes detailed information about the VM.
            </para></listitem>
        </varlistentry>
        <varlistentry>
          <term><option>--machinereadable</option></term>
          <listitem><para>
              Specifies that the VM information be in a machine-readable
              format.
            </para></listitem>
        </varlistentry>
        <varlistentry>
          <term><option>--password-id  <replaceable>id</replaceable></option></term>
          <listitem><para>
              Specifies password id of the VM if it is encrypted.
            </para></listitem>
        </varlistentry>
        <varlistentry>
          <term><option>--password <replaceable>file</replaceable>|-</option></term>
          <listitem><para>
              Specifies password of the VM if it is encrypted. Either
              specify the absolute pathname of a password file on the
              host operating system, or <literal>-</literal> to prompt
              you for the password.
            </para></listitem>
        </varlistentry>
      </variablelist>
    </refsect2>
    <refsect2 id="vboxmanage-showvminfo-log">
      <title>Viewing Virtual Machine Log Contents</title>
      <remark role="help-copy-synopsis"/>
      <para>
        The <command>VBoxManage showvminfo --log</command> command
        outputs the contents of one of the specified VM's log files.
      </para>
      <variablelist>
        <varlistentry>
          <term><option>--log=<replaceable>index</replaceable></option></term>
          <listitem><para>
              Specifies a numerical index that identifies the log file.
            </para><para>
              The index value starts at <literal>0</literal>, which
              indicates the <filename>VBox.log</filename> file. An index
              value of <literal>1</literal> indicates the
              <filename>VBoxHardening.log</filename> file. Index values
              starting at <literal>2</literal> indicate other log files,
              such as the <filename>VBox.log.1</filename> file.
            </para></listitem>
        </varlistentry>
        <varlistentry>
          <term><option>--password-id <replaceable>id</replaceable></option></term>
          <listitem><para>
              Specifies password id of the VM if it is encrypted.
            </para></listitem>
        </varlistentry>
        <varlistentry>
          <term><option>--password <replaceable>file</replaceable>|-</option></term>
          <listitem><para>
              Specifies password of the VM if it is encrypted. Either
              specify the absolute pathname of a password file on the
              host operating system, or <literal>-</literal> to prompt
              you for the password.
            </para></listitem>
        </varlistentry>
      </variablelist>
    </refsect2>
  </refsect1>

  <refsect1 id="vboxmanage-showvminfo-examples">
    <title>Examples</title>
    <remark role="help-scope" condition="GLOBAL"/>
    <para>
      The following example shows typical output for this command:
    </para>
<screen>$ VBoxManage showvminfo "Windows 10"
VirtualBox Command Line Management Interface Version <replaceable>version-number</replaceable>
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%
...</screen>
    <para>
      The following example shows the information output in a
      machine-readable format, which shows the entries as a
      <replaceable>property</replaceable>=<replaceable>value</replaceable>
      string:
    </para>
<screen>$ VBoxManage showvminfo "Windows 10" --machinereadable
...
groups="/"
ostype="Windows 10 (64-bit)"
UUID="1bf3464d-57c6-4d49-92a9-a5cc3816b7e7"
...</screen>
    <para>
      The following example shows the contents of the
      <filename>VBox.log</filename> log file:
    </para>
<screen>$ 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
...</screen>
  </refsect1>

  <refsect1 id="vboxmanage-showvminfo-see-also">
    <title>See Also</title>
    <para>
      <xref linkend="vboxmanage-list" />
    </para>
  </refsect1>
</refentry>