Oracle VM VirtualBox

VirtualBox allow you to create Virtual Machines. This is useful for testing.

Here is some useful CLI commands

To list all VMS

vboxmanage list vms

To list currently running vms

vboxmanage list runningvms

To start a VM

vboxmanage startvm VM_NAME_OR_ID

To start a VM in background

vboxmanage startvm --type headless VM_NAME_OR_ID

To poweroff a VM

vboxmanage controlvm VM_NAME_OR_ID poweroff