itsd-project-code/conf/logback.xml

<configuration>

  <conversionRule conversionWord="coloredLevel" converterClass="play.api.libs.logback.ColoredLevel"/>

  <appender name="FILE" class="ch.qos.logback.core.FileAppender">
    <file>logs/application.log</file>
    <encoder>
      <pattern>%date [%level] from %logger in %thread - %message%n%xException</pattern>
    </encoder>
  </appender>

  <appender name="STDOUT" class="ch.qos.logback.core.ConsoleAppender">
    <encoder>
      <pattern>%coloredLevel %logger{15} - [%X{akkaSource}] %message%n%xException{10}</pattern>
    </encoder>
  </appender>

  <logger name="play" level="INFO"/>

  <logger name="akka" level="INFO"/>
  <logger name="akka.stream.Log" level="INFO"/>

  <logger name="actors" level="INFO"/>
  <logger name="controllers" level="INFO"/>

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

</configuration>