Both the graphical user interface (GUI) and the command-line interface (CLI) create the configuration XML files with the property values specific to your site, run tasks to apply your settings, display task status results, and deploy the Content Platform Engine application.
Configuration Manager has a GUI and a CLI. The GUI version of the tool displays the properties and default values that you must set. When you save your changes in the GUI tool, the configuration XML files are updated for you. If you use the CLI version of the tool, you must first generate the configuration XML files with the tool, and then manually edit the default values in the files using a text editor. After you edit the files, you use Configuration Manager to run the tasks to apply the saved settings. After you have set the required values, you use either version of Configuration Manager to deploy the Content Platform Engine application.
The configuration XML files that you create with either version of the Configuration Manager tool can be used with the other version. For example, you can create the files with the CLI version, and then use the GUI version to open the profile, edit the values, and run the configuration tasks.