Auto-start VirtualBox VM on boot - Linux Mint

#autostartvbox #virtualboxautostart #vboxautostart Follow the steps below to auto-start VirtualBox VM on boot - Linux 1. Create a virtualbox configuration file. sudo nano /etc/default/virtualbox 2. Add the following entries VBOXAUTOSTART_DB=/etc/vbox VBOXAUTOSTART_CONFIG=/etc/vbox/autostart.cfg 3. Provide Access to your user in the autostart configuration. sudo nano /etc/vbox/autostart.cfg default_policy = deny [username] = { allow = true } 4. Ensure correct access is present sudo chgrp vboxusers /etc/vbox sudo chmod 1775 /etc/vbox sudo usermod -aG vboxusers mon2 5. Set the virtualbox VM properties VBoxManage setproperty autostartdbpath /etc/vbox VBoxManage modifyvm [vmname] --autostart-enabled on 6. Restart virtualbox auto start service sudo service vboxautostart-service restart