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diff --git a/doc/manual/en_US/dita/topics/vmencryption-encryption.dita b/doc/manual/en_US/dita/topics/vmencryption-encryption.dita new file mode 100644 index 00000000000..a2201093ad0 --- /dev/null +++ b/doc/manual/en_US/dita/topics/vmencryption-encryption.dita @@ -0,0 +1,33 @@ +<?xml version='1.0' encoding='UTF-8'?> +<!DOCTYPE topic PUBLIC "-//OASIS//DTD DITA Topic//EN" "topic.dtd"> +<topic xml:lang="en-us" id="vmencryption-encryption"> + <title>Encrypting a VM</title> + + <body> + <p> + Encrypting a VM can be done either using VirtualBox Manager or the + <userinput>VBoxManage</userinput>. To encrypt an unencrypted VM with + <userinput>VBoxManage</userinput>, use: + </p> + <pre xml:space="preserve">VBoxManage encryptvm <varname>uuid</varname>|<varname>vmname</varname> setencryption --new-password <varname>filename</varname>|- \ +--cipher <varname>cipher-ID</varname> --new-password-id <varname>ID</varname> + </pre> + <p> + To supply the encryption password, point + <userinput>VBoxManage</userinput> to the file where the password is + stored or specify <codeph>-</codeph> to let + <userinput>VBoxManage</userinput> prompt for the password on the + command line. + </p> + <p> + The cipher parameter specifies the cipher to use for encryption + and can be either <codeph>AES-128</codeph> or + <codeph>AES-256</codeph>. The appropriate mode of operation, + such as GCM, CTR, or XTS will be selected by the VM depending on + the encrypting component. The specified password identifier can + be freely chosen by the user and is used for correct + identification when supplying multiple passwords for the VM. + </p> + </body> + +</topic> |