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Auto start VirtualBox guest on system reboot (Ubuntu 16.04)

Here's how to turn on guest OS in VirtualBox automatically when host PC is turned on. In this guide I use Ubuntu 16.04 LTS 64bit and VirtualBox 5.1.22

 All we need to do is create a file with the extension * .service and put in the /lib/systemd/system folder. In this guide use the autostartvbox.service file name as an example. 

sudo nano /lib/systemd/system/autostartvbox.service

  The contents of the file are as follows 
#!/bin/sh
[Unit]
Description=Autostart VBOX Guest on Boot

[Service]
User=your_user
ExecStart=/usr/bin/VBoxHeadless --startvm VirtualBox_Guest_Name

[Install]
WantedBy=multi-user.target
 
  allows the service to run when the system boot with the following command 
sudo systemctl enable autostartvbox.service
 
  If successful then the feedback obtained is as follows 
Created symlink from /etc/systemd/system/multi-user.target.wants/autostartvbox.service to /lib/systemd/system/autostartvbox.service
 
  Restart the PC to see the results. To disable this service use the following command 
sudo systemctl disable autostartvbox.service
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