The Diagnostics Service and the Diagnostics Console are configured using their respective configuration (.config) files, which are XML-based files that reside in the same directories as the diagnostics executables. The Diagnostics Service configuration file defines the log settings and sources the Diagnostics Service uses to log messages to a file. The Diagnostics Console configuration file defines the default connection and interface settings for the Diagnostics Console.
If you plan to run the Diagnostics Console on a local server, you can configure the following additional settings in DiagnosticsConsole.exe.config: