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    It is preferred to include an answer here and optionally provide links to more detailed information. Link targets disappear without notice, making your answer worthless. Commented Jun 3, 2013 at 11:53
  • Well, the problem is I cannot really copy the whole systemd file in link 1 here, or should I do this? Commented Jun 3, 2013 at 14:04
  • Well, unfortunately "link rot" is a huge problem in those cases... I think, for posterity, the following two lines catch the basic idea behind your Link: It's creating a service that uses VBoxHeadless -s %i to start and VBoxManage controlvm %i savestate to stop the VM. Commented Jun 5, 2013 at 19:03
  • Tried this in Debian Jessie, but it didn't work. Created user and group, set ownership of all files (including /dev/vbox*). But when the service starts, it cannot find the VM, even though the name is right. Will use the normal init script after all. Commented Dec 9, 2015 at 18:36