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title: About the configuration tools
description: You can access and modify the server configuration in two ways.
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# About the configuration tools

You can access and modify the server configuration in two ways.

* Admin console

  The server provides an admin console for graphical server management and monitoring. The console functions are equivalent to the `dsconfig` tool for viewing or editing configurations.

  All configuration changes using the admin console are recorded in `logs/config-audit.log`, which also has the equivalent reversion commands if you need to undo a configuration.

* `dsconfig` Command-line tool

  The `dsconfig` tool is a text-based menu-driven interface to the underlying configuration. The tool runs the configuration using three operational modes:

  * Interactive command-line mode

  * Non-interactive command-line mode

  * Batch mode

  All configuration changes made using this tool are recorded in `logs/config-audit.log`.

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|   | You can [generate a summary of your server's configuration](pd_ds_generate_summary_config_components.html) to help you plan any modifications. |