Example logging dictConfig for Python / Django and colorlog for colored logs

colorlog-django.py

LOGGING = {
    'version': 1,
    'disable_existing_loggers': False,
    'filters': {
    },
    'formatters': {
        'colored': {
            '()': 'colorlog.ColoredFormatter',  # colored output

            # --> %(log_color)s is very important, that's what colors the line
            'format': '%(log_color)s[%(levelname)s] %(asctime)s :: %(message)s'
        },
    },
    'handlers': {
        'console': {
            'level': 'DEBUG',
            'class': 'colorlog.StreamHandler',
            'formatter': 'colored',
        },
        'file': {
            'level': 'DEBUG',
            'class': 'logging.FileHandler',
            'filename': '/var/log/app/django.log',
            'formatter': 'colored',
        },
    },
    'loggers': {
        '': {
            'handlers': ['console', 'file'],
            'level': 'DEBUG',
            'propagate': False,
        },
    }
}