Spring Boot logging pattern

Once you have included the default configuration, you can use its values in your own logback-spring.xml configuration:

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<configuration scan="true">
    <!-- use Spring default values -->
    <include resource="org/springframework/boot/logging/logback/defaults.xml"/>

    <appender name="CONSOLE" class="ch.qos.logback.core.ConsoleAppender">
        <encoder>
            <pattern>${CONSOLE_LOG_PATTERN}</pattern>
            <charset>utf8</charset>
        </encoder>
    </appender>
    …
</configuration>

You can find Spring Boot logback console logging pattern in defaults.xml file:

spring-boot-1.5.0.RELEASE.jar/org/springframework/boot/logging/logback/defaults.xml

Console pattern:

<property name="CONSOLE_LOG_PATTERN" value="${CONSOLE_LOG_PATTERN:-%clr(%d{yyyy-MM-dd HH:mm:ss.SSS}){faint} %clr(${LOG_LEVEL_PATTERN:-%5p}) %clr(${PID:- }){magenta} %clr(---){faint} %clr([%15.15t]){faint} %clr(%-40.40logger{39}){cyan} %clr(:){faint} %m%n${LOG_EXCEPTION_CONVERSION_WORD:-%wEx}}"/>

It's been some time since this question was asked but since I had the problem myself recently and couldn't find an answer I started digging a bit deeper and found a solution that worked for me.

I ended up using the debugger and take a look at the default appenders attached to the logger.

I found this pattern to be working as desired for me:

<pattern>%d{yyyy-MM-dd HH:mm:ss.SSS} %5p 18737 --- [%t] %-40.40logger{39} : %m%n%wEx</pattern>

EDIT: The pattern is not entirely correct, I saw that runtime some values had already been instantiated (in this case 18737 ---) i will look into the proper variable to substitute there. It does contain the format for fixed length columns though

EDIT 2: Ok, I took another look at the debugger contents. This you can also do yourself by looking at the contents of a logger instance: Debugger(eclipse) Logger Contents

So I ended up using the pattern used in the consoleAppender:

%clr(%d{yyyy-MM-dd HH:mm:ss.SSS}){faint} %clr(%5p) %clr(18971){magenta} %clr(---){faint} %clr([%15.15t]){faint} %clr(%-40.40logger{39}){cyan} %clr(:){faint} %m%n%wEx

As can be seen here:

Debugger: detailed contents of the encoder pattern

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<configuration>

    <conversionRule conversionWord="clr" converterClass="org.springframework.boot.logging.logback.ColorConverter" />
    <conversionRule conversionWord="wex" converterClass="org.springframework.boot.logging.logback.WhitespaceThrowableProxyConverter" />
    <conversionRule conversionWord="wEx" converterClass="org.springframework.boot.logging.logback.ExtendedWhitespaceThrowableProxyConverter" />

    <appender name="STDOUT" class="ch.qos.logback.core.ConsoleAppender">
        <layout class="ch.qos.logback.classic.PatternLayout">
            <Pattern>
                %clr(%d{yyyy-MM-dd HH:mm:ss.SSS}){faint} %clr(%5p) %clr(${PID:- }){magenta} %clr(---){faint} %clr([%15.15t]){faint} %clr(%-40.40logger{39}){cyan} %clr(:){faint} %m%n%wEx
            </Pattern>
        </layout>
    </appender>

    <root level="info">
        <appender-ref ref="STDOUT" />
    </root>

</configuration>