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vCAS:

Use VBoxVmService

VBox VmService is a Windows application that allows you to run Oracle's VirtualBox VMs from within a
native Windows service entity.

It is easy to install and configure. The installation instructions are with the kit in a file called

Howto.txt

.

The VBoxVmService needs to run under a particular user account. It may be beneficial to create a
separate user account for this, for example, vboxadmin. The following is a sample
VBoxVMService.ini

that uses this account.

[Settings]

ServiceName=VBoxVmService

RunAsUser=.\vboxadmin

UserPassword=vbox-admin-1

VBOX_USER_HOME=C:\Users\\.VirtualBox

RunWebService=no

PauseShutdown=5000

[Vm0]

VmName=myvcas

ShutdownMethod=savestate

AutoStart=yes

One issue not highlighted in

Howto.txt

is that the RunAsUser (the name of the account under which the

service should run) needs to have the Logon on as a service right. To grant vobadmin this right, open the
local Group Policy Editor (Start> Run >gpedit.msc) and add vboxadmin to the list of users with this
right.

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Appendix A: Starting a Virtual CAS at System Startup using VirtualBox