Change global settings.
The VBoxManage setproperty command enables you to change global settings that affect the entire Oracle VM VirtualBox installation. Some of these settings correspond to the settings in the Preferences dialog in the VirtualBox Manager.
The following properties are available:
autostartdbpath
Specifies the path to the autostart database. Valid values
are null, which disables the autostart
database, or the name of the folder that contains the
database. See Section 9.21, “Starting Virtual Machines During System Boot”.
defaultfrontend
Specifies the global default VM frontend. Valid values are
default, which specifies the default
frontend, or the name of the frontend to use.
hwvirtexclusive
Specifies whether Oracle VM VirtualBox makes exclusive use of the Intel VT-x or AMD-V hardware virtualization extensions of the host system's processor. See Section 10.3, “Hardware Virtualization”.
Valid values are as follows:
on enables Oracle VM VirtualBox to make
exclusive use of these extensions. This is the default
value.
off shares these extensions with
other hypervisors that run simultaneously. Note that
disabling this setting has negative performance
implications.
language
Specifies the user language used to translate API messages.
Valid values are C, which means no
translation or language code in form either ll
or ll_CC, where ll is
language 2 letters code in lower case and
CC is country 2 letter code in upper case.
logginglevel
Specifies the VBoxSVC release logging details. See http://www.virtualbox.org/wiki/VBoxLogging.
loghistorycount
Specifies the number of rotated VM logs to retain.
machinefolder
Specifies the default folder in which virtual machine (VM)
definitions are stored. Valid values are
default, which specifies the default
storage folder, or the name of the folder to use. See
Section 10.1, “Where Oracle VM VirtualBox Stores its Files”.
proxymode
Configures the mode for an HTTP proxy server. Valid values are as follows:
manual
Configure the URL of a HTTP proxy server manually,
using the proxyurl property value.
noproxy
Do not use an HTTP proxy server. A direct connection to the Internet is used.
system
Detect the proxy settings automatically for the host network. This is the default value.
proxyurl
Specifies the URL for an HTTP proxy server when you specify
a manual proxy by setting the proxymode
property to manual.
vrdeauthlibrary
Specifies which library to use when external authentication
has been configured for a particular VM. Valid values are
default, which specifies the default
library, or the name of the library to use. See
Section 7.1.5, “RDP Authentication”.
vrdeextpack
Specifies the library that implements the VirtualBox Remote
Desktop Extension (RDE). Valid values are
null, which disables the RDE, or the name
of the library to use.
websrvauthlibrary
Specifies which library the web service uses to authenticate
users. Valid values are default, which
specifies the default library, null,
which disables authentication, or the name of the library to
use. For information about the Oracle VM VirtualBox web service,
see Chapter 11, Oracle VM VirtualBox Programming Interfaces.