start a VirtualBox

Start a virtualbox on the background and start an ssh connection to that box

How to start

/dir/to/scripts/startBox.sh virtualboxname ipaddress username password

Example

/dir/to/scripts/startBox.sh myVirtServer 192.168.1.130 username password

Tips and Tricks

make an alias for this request

add the next line to ~/.bashrc

alias startBox='/dir/to/scripts/startBox.sh myVirtServer 192.168.1.130 username password'

Instead of the virtualboxname you can use the box uid.

To list all virtualBoxes run:

VBoxManage list vms