The Play Framework uses Logback as the logging engine. The default configuration is as follows:
<configuration>
<conversionRule conversionWord="coloredLevel" converterClass="play.api.Logger$ColoredLevel" />
<appender name="FILE" class="ch.qos.logback.core.FileAppender">
<file>${application.home}/logs/application.log</file>
<encoder>
<pattern>%date - [%level] - from %logger in %thread %n%message%n%xException%n</pattern>
</encoder>
</appender>
<appender name="STDOUT" class="ch.qos.logback.core.ConsoleAppender">
<encoder>
<pattern>%coloredLevel %logger{15} - %message%n%xException{5}</pattern>
</encoder>
</appender>
<logger name="play" level="INFO" />
<logger name="application" level="DEBUG" />
<!-- Off these ones as they are annoying, and anyway we manage configuration ourself -->
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