How to generate the command-line equivalents of a GUI-based VirtualBox VM creation?

Question

Suppose I go through the GUI-guided steps to create a VirtualBox VM.

I want to determine the command-line equivalents of all the steps I just went through, so that I can put them in a script.

Is there a way to generate this information from the (just-created) VM?

You should maybe consider Vagrant. – EEAA Aug 01 '14 at 22:16 — EEAA, Aug 01 '14 at 22:16

score 1 · Accepted Answer · edited Aug 02 '14 at 23:07

I suggest using the OVF export function (for a VM called my_vm):

VBoxManage export my_vm --output my_vm.ovf
VBoxManage import -n my_vm.ovf

The last command offers a preview + options to customize, like this:

VBoxManage import my_vm.ovf --vsys 0 --vmname my_vm_copy

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