---
name: "vboxwebsrv"
section: "1"
platform: "linux"
package: "virtualbox"
version: "4.3.36-dfsg-1+deb8u1"
release: "Debian 8 (Jessie)"
platforms: ["linux"]
url: "https://new.carta.tech/vboxwebsrv"
---

# vboxwebsrv(1)

x86 virtualization solution

## NAME

vboxwebsrv - x86 virtualization solution

## SYNOPSIS

**vboxwebsrv** \[*options*\]

## DESCRIPTION

Oracle VM VirtualBox web service (C) 2007-2013 Oracle Corporation All rights reserved.

Supported options (default values in brackets): **--help**, **-h**:            Print this help message and exit. **--background**, **-b**:      Run in background (daemon mode). **--host**, **-H**:            The host to bind to (localhost). **--port**, **-p**:            The port to bind to (18083). **--ssl**, **-s**:             Enable SSL/TLS encryption. **--keyfile**, **-K**:         Server key and certificate file, PEM format (""). **--passwordfile**, **-a**:    File name for password to server key (""). **--cacert**, **-c**:          CA certificate file, PEM format (""). **--capath**, **-C**:          CA certificate path (""). **--dhfile**, **-D**:          DH file name or DH key length in bits (""). **--randfile**, **-r**:        File containing seed for random number generator (""). **--timeout**, **-t**:         Session timeout in seconds; 0 = disable timeouts (300). **--check-interval**, **-i**:  Frequency of timeout checks in seconds (5). **--threads**, **-T**:         Maximum number of worker threads to run in parallel (100). **--keepalive**, **-k**:       Maximum number of requests before a socket will be closed (100). **--authentication**, **-A**:  Authentication method for the webservice (""). **--verbose**, **-v**:         Be verbose. **--pidfile**, **-P**:         Name of the PID file which is created when the daemon was started. **--logfile**, **-F**:         Name of file to write log to (no file). **--logrotate**, **-R**:       Number of log files (0 disables log rotation). **--logsize**, **-S**:         Maximum size of a log file to trigger rotation (bytes). **--loginterval**, **-I**:     Maximum time interval to trigger log rotation (seconds).