docs: function create(basedir, defaults) {
      LOG.info("Initializing application configuration");
      var config = defaults || {};
  
      _loadConfigurationFiles(basedir, config);
      _validateConfig(config);
  
      if (config.DubBotBase.isConfigImmutable) {
          _freezeConfig(config);
          LOG.info("Configuration set up successfully. The config object is now frozen and no changes can be made to it.");
      }
      else {
          LOG.info("Configuration set up successfully. Config has not been frozen due to override of the DubBotBase.isConfigImmutable property.");
      }
  
      return config;
  }