Start Virtualbox as a Service in Linux

sudo apt reinstall virtualbox-dkms virtualbox-ext-pack virtualbox-qt virtualbox

sudo nano /etc/default/virtualbox 

VBOXAUTOSTART_DB=/etc/vbox
VBOXAUTOSTART_CONFIG=/etc/vbox/autostartvm.cfg

echo -e "VBOXAUTOSTART_DB=/etc/vbox\nVBOXAUTOSTART_CONFIG=/etc/vbox/autostartvm.cfg" | sudo tee /etc/default/virtualbox

sudo usermod -aG vboxusers danaukes
sudo mkdir /etc/vbox
sudo chgrp vboxusers /etc/vbox
sudo chmod g+w /etc/vbox
sudo chmod +t /etc/vbox
sudo chmod 755 /etc/vbox

sudo nano /etc/vbox/autostartvm.cfg

default_policy = deny

danaukes = {
    allow = true
    startup_delay = 10
}

VBoxManage setproperty autostartdbpath /etc/vbox/

VBoxManage controlvm "home-assistant" poweroff
vboxmanage modifyvm home-assistant --autostart-enabled on  --autostop-type acpishutdown
VBoxManage startvm home-assistant --type headless

sudo -i
cd /etc/init.d/
services=(vboxautostart-service vboxweb-service vboxballoonctrl-service)
base_url="https://www.virtualbox.org/svn/vbox/trunk/src/VBox/Installer/linux"
for service in "${services[@]}"
    do
      wget "${base_url}/${service}".sh -O "${service}" \
      && chmod +x "$service"  \
      && update-rc.d "$service" defaults 90 10
    done

sudo systemctl enable vboxautostart-service
sudo systemctl start vboxautostart-service
sudo systemctl stop vboxautostart-service
sudo systemctl disable vboxautostart-service