VirtualBox VM helper

vbox

#!/bin/bash

VM_NAME='ubuntu-64'

vmStart() {
    # & (the first one) detaches the command from stdin.
    # >/dev/null detaches the shell session from stdout and stderr.
    # &disown removes the command from the shell's job list.

    VBoxHeadless --startvm "${VM_NAME}" &>/dev/null &disown
    echo "VirtualBox VM started: ${VM_NAME}"
}

vmStop() {
    VBoxManage controlvm "${VM_NAME}" savestate
}

vmStatus() {
    local RUNNING_VMS=$(VBoxManage list runningvms)

    if [[ $? != 0 ]]; then
        echo "Command failed."
    elif [[ $RUNNING_VMS ]]; then
        echo "Running VirtualBox VMs:"
        echo $RUNNING_VMS
    else
        echo "No VirtualBox VMs are running."
    fi
}

vmConnect() {
    ssh -p 2222 cgould@127.0.0.1
}

case "$1" in
    start)
        vmStart;;
    stop)
        vmStop;;
    status)
        vmStatus;;
    connect)
        vmConnect;;
    *)
        echo $"Usage: $0 {start|stop|status|connect}"
        exit 1
esac