#in settings.py LOG_FILENAME = '/var/log/somefile.log' logger = logging.getLogger('foo') logger.setLevel(logging.DEBUG) handler = logging.handlers.RotatingFileHandler(filename=LOG_FILENAME, maxBytes=1000000000, backupCount=5) FORMAT = "[ %(asctime)s %(levelname)s ] %(message)s" formatter = logging.Formatter(FORMAT) handler.setFormatter(formatter) handler.setLevel(logging.DEBUG) logger.addHandler(handler) LOGGER = logger #to use in apps/modules: try: logging = settings.LOGGERG except AttributeError: import logging