$Date: 2025-08-11 19:18:47 +0200 (Mon, 11 Aug 2025) $

VBoxManage usbdevsource

vboxmanage-usbdevsource 1
vboxmanage-usbdevsource add and remove USB device sources &product-name;
`VBoxManage usbdevsource add` source-name --backend=backend --address=address `VBoxManage usbdevsource remove` source-name

## Description

The `VBoxManage usbdevsource` command adds a USB device source and makes it available to VM guests on the host system. You can also use this command to remove a USB device source.

### Add a USB Device Source

The `VBoxManage usbdevsource add` command adds a USB device source, which is then available to all guest VMs on the host system.

source-name

  Specifies a unique name for the USB device source.

--address=address

  Specifies the address of the USB backend.

--backend=backend

  Specifies the USB proxy service backend to use.

  If specifying a remote server over the USB/IP protocol the only currently supported backend value is USBIP.

### Remove a USB Device

The `VBoxManage usbdevsource remove` command removes a USB device.

source-name

  Specifies the name of the USB device source to remove.

## Examples

The following command adds a USB device server called `hostusb01`.

    $ VBoxManage usbdevsource add hostusb01 --backend USBIP --address 10.0.1.16