Encrypted Virtual Machines
A Parallels virtual machine can be encrypted using the Parallels Desktop graphical user interface. You can also use the
The following encryption command line options are available:
The
The encryption password will also be required to perform any other command line operation on an encrypted virtual machine, including starting, stopping, restarting, pausing, suspending, cloning, deleting a virtual machine, etc. For example, to start an encrypted virtual machine, you'll use the following command: $ prlctl start my_virtual_machine After executing the command above, you'll be asked to enter the password: Virtual machine "my_virtual_machine" is encrypted - password required to continue operation Please enter password: After typing in the correct password, you'll see the following output: Starting the VM... The VM has been successfully started. If you need to execute a command remotely without having to enter the password on every Mac, you can send the password via standard input (stdin) as shown in the following example: $ echo mypass | prlctl start my_virtual_machine Virtual machine 'my_virtual_machine' is encrypted - password required to continue operation Please enter password: Starting the VM... The VM has been successfully started.
If you need to provide two passwords (as with the
$ cat /tmp/pass | prlctl change-passwd my_virtual_machine Virtual machine 'my_virtual_machine' is encrypted - password required to continue operation Please enter password: Please enter new password: The password has been successfully changed.
The
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