gistfile1.xml

<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"/>

  <root level="INFO">
    <appender-ref ref="STDOUT"/>
    <appender-ref ref="FILE"/>
  </root>
</configuration>