Simple Automated VirtualBox Headless setup via Bash.

vbox_script

#!/bin/bash
#will create an empty vbox.

function pause(){
  read -p "$*" 
  }

echo 'Will create a vbox now c:'
pause 'Press Enter to continue... '

read -p 'Enter your Vbox name: ' -e vname
echo $'The name you\'ve chosen for your Vbox is "'$vname'".'
pause 'Press Enter to continue, Ctrl^C to Cancel...'
echo

vboxmanage createvm         \
 --name $vname --register   &&

pause; echo; 

read -p 'Select  the number of CPU cores
you want to assign to "'$vname'" [1-4]: ' -e $cores &&
read -p $'Choose the amount of RAM to assign to '$vname': ' -e $RAM &&
read -p $'Select NIC device [1-9] for '$vname': ' -e $NIC &&
vboxmanage modifyvm $vname  \
--ostype ArchLinux_64       \
--acpi on --cpus $cores     \
--nic hostonly              \
--vrde on --memory $RAM     \
--boot3 none                \
--boot2 none                &&

echo 'Will show VM info now:'
vboxmanage showvminfo $vname 

sleep 2; pause; echo    &&

echo 'Will create && format \
drives now...'

vboxmanage createmedium disk    \
--filename $vname.vdi --size 1000   &&

vboxmanage storagectl $vname        \
--name 'sata'                   \
--add sata                      \
--bootable on                   && 

vboxmanage storageattach $vname     \
--storagectl 'sata'             \
--port 0 --device 0 --type hdd  \
--medium $vname.vdi                 &&

vboxmanage storageattach $vname     \
--storagectl 'sata' port 1      \ 
--device 0 --type dvddrive      \
--medium arch-march15.iso       &&

echo
echo 'All steps completed.'; sleep 1  
pause 'Hit Enter to continue...'

vboxmanage showvminfo $vname
pause 'Will start machine now...'; echo 

echo 'Attempting to start machine now...'
sleep 1

vboxmanage startvm $vname --type headless
pause 'End of the script. All tasks completed c: 
Hit enter to exit...'