VBOXSERVICE(8)

🌸 VBOXSERVICE — the manual, but make it make sense 💖

ok so bestie, this is VBoxService, from the VBOXSERVICE(8) manual — part of the System Administration Utilities crew. x86 virtualization solution energy, no cap. sit down, grab a boba, and let's get into it 🧋✨

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✨ NAME ✨

VBoxService — x86 virtualization solution 🦋

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🎀 SYNOPSIS 🎀

VBoxService [-f|--foreground] [-v|--verbose] [-l|--logfile <file>]

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💅 DESCRIPTION 💅

...and the usage line literally keeps going, bestie, like it got cut off mid-sentence and just moved into the next section 😭:

[-p|--pidfile <file>] [-i|--interval <seconds>]
[--disable-<service>] [--enable-<service>] [--only-<service>]
[-h|-?|--help] [--control-interval <ms>] [--timesync-interval
<ms>] [--timesync-min-adjust <ms>] [--timesync-latency-factor
<x>] [--timesync-max-latency <ms>] [--timesync-set-threshold
<ms>] [--timesync-set-start|--timesync-no-set-start]
[--timesync-set-on-restore|--timesync-no-set-on-restore]
[--timesync-verbosity <level>] [--vminfo-interval <ms>]
[--vminfo-user-idle-threshold <ms>]

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🌈 OPTIONS 🌈

the whole menu, bb. every single one. periodt 💅

• -i, --interval — the default interval. that's the whole vibe. ⏱️
• -f, --foreground — don't daemonize the program. for debugging. it stays right there in front of you like a needy bestie 🫶
• -l, --logfile <file> — turns on logging to a file. receipts, but make them a .txt 📝
• -p, --pidfile <file> — write the process ID to a file. so you can find it later. iconic behavior 💾
• -v, --verbose — increment the verbosity level. for debugging. say more, queen 🗣️
• -V, --version — show version information. the "who even am i" option 🪞
• -h, -?, --help — show this message and exit with status 1. yeah, exit status 1 — that's not a typo, that's just what it does 🙈

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🧚 Service-specific options 💜

ok so this is the part where every service gets a little trio: enable it, disable it, or make it the only one. main character selection process ✨

🎛️ control

• --enable-control — enables the control service. (default) 👑
• --disable-control — disables the control service. 💀
• --only-control — only enables the control service. just this one, nothing else, tunnel vision 🎯
• --control-interval — specifies the interval at which to check for new control messages. the default is 1000 ms. ⏲️

⏰ timesync

• --enable-timesync — enables the timesync service. (default) 👑
• --disable-timesync — disables the timesync service. 💀
• --only-timesync — only enables the timesync service. 🎯
• --timesync-interval — specifies the interval at which to synchronize the time with the host. the default is 10000 ms. ⏳
• --timesync-min-adjust — the minimum absolute drift value measured in milliseconds to make adjustments for. the default is 1000 ms on OS/2 and 100 ms elsewhere. 😌
• --timesync-latency-factor — the factor to multiply the time query latency with to calculate the dynamic minimum adjust time. the default is 8 times. ✖️
• --timesync-max-latency — the max host timer query latency to accept. the default is 250 ms. 🚫
• --timesync-set-threshold — the absolute drift threshold, given as milliseconds, where to start setting the time instead of trying to adjust it. the default is 20 min. 🔥
• --timesync-set-start, --timesync-no-set-start — set the time when starting the time sync service. default: --timesync-no-set-start 🚀
• --timesync-set-on-restore, --timesync-no-set-on-restore — whether to immediately set the time when the VM is restored or not. default: --timesync-set-on-restore 🔄
• --timesync-verbosity — sets the verbosity level. defaults to service wide verbosity level. 🗣️

📊 vminfo

• --enable-vminfo — enables the vminfo service. (default) 👑
• --disable-vminfo — disables the vminfo service. 💀
• --only-vminfo — only enables the vminfo service. 🎯
• --vminfo-interval — specifies the interval at which to retrieve the VM information. the default is 10000 ms. 🔍
• --vminfo-user-idle-threshold <ms> — specifies the user idle threshold (in ms) for considering a guest user as being idle. the default is 5000 (5 seconds). 😴

🖥️ cpuhotplug

• --enable-cpuhotplug — enables the cpuhotplug service. (default) 👑
• --disable-cpuhotplug — disables the cpuhotplug service. 💀
• --only-cpuhotplug — only enables the cpuhotplug service. 🎯

🎈 memballoon

• --enable-memballoon — enables the memballoon service. (default) 👑
• --disable-memballoon — disables the memballoon service. 💀
• --only-memballoon — only enables the memballoon service. 🎯

📈 vmstats

• --enable-vmstats — enables the vmstats service. (default) 👑
• --disable-vmstats — disables the vmstats service. 💀
• --only-vmstats — only enables the vmstats service. 🎯

💿 automount

• --enable-automount — enables the automount service. (default) 👑
• --disable-automount — disables the automount service. 💀
• --only-automount — only enables the automount service. 🎯

Copyright (C) 2009-2024 Oracle and/or its affiliates — yeah bestie, that line lives right there at the end of the service options, exactly where it was, and we're keeping it fr fr 💜

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🫶 ok that's the whole thing

that's it, that's the manual, you ate it up. this was VBoxService, from April 2024, chilling in section VBOXSERVICE(8) of the System Administration Utilities. go forth and virtualize, my love 🌟💖

slay, periodt, no cap, and always read your manpages 💅✨