The file looks like this dispatchers = file # need to figure out how to generate name here.. file.class = Log::Dispatch::File file.min_level = debug file.filename = log/${HOST}.log file.mode = append file.size = 102400 file.max = 10 file.close_after_write = 1 file.format = [%d] [%p] [%P:%L]%m %n