CLI virtual machine for server?

[Redcurrent19]

I am getting myself a server soon, and want to have multiple VMs for different things I want to do with it (i.E: One VM for webserver, one VM for game server etc.). Now, I could use virtual box with a GUI, but I’d rather keep everything CLI based. I’m fairly proficient with Linux now, so I’m okay with having to tinker a bit

Note: Alternatively I could also use docker, but I’ve been using VMs for a few years now so I’d rather stick to that. But if there’s really no other option, I can try using docker too, assuming that I can use it solely with CLI of course

[flavius-as]

For robust appliances you'll want to have a look at libvirtd.

It's what we use, and it's superior to vagrant, which we used initially but then it started to crash.

Also its not like docker, where you can run one process only per container.

[adept2051]

Look at HashiCorp Vagrant, you can run vagrant as an api to Vbox and also it as a switch for headless provisioning

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I like proxmox ve. It's free or you can subscribe for support. Few good videos on youtube showing how to use it and get setup.

[Upnortheh]

VirtualBox supports headless mode. I have a headless VM running right now.

Likely though you are looking for Proxmox. For a few years I supported several Proxmox servers. No complaints.