# Default verbosity for console output and increased verbosity when logging to file? **URL:** \ **Category:** Get Help\ **Tags:** logging-verbosity\ **Created:** [June 26, 2025, 12:38pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/default-verbosity-for-console-output-and-increased-verbosity-when-logging-to-file/43566 "2025-06-26T12:38:56Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 2\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![dnmvisser](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/8e8cbc/32.png) [@dnmvisser](https://forum.ansible.com/u/dnmvisser)\ **Post date:** [June 26, 2025, 12:38pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/default-verbosity-for-console-output-and-increased-verbosity-when-logging-to-file/43566/1 "2025-06-26T12:38:56Z")
As it says on the tin. I have found a similar question with no answer but that is from 2018: [Ansible log verbosity in ansible.cfg](https://forum.ansible.com/t/ansible-log-verbosity-in-ansible-cfg/29151) I remember seeing something like this was possible, but I after searching I couldn’t find how to do this. I would like to have normal console output and verbose output to a logfile. thx!! ---
**Author:** ![bcoca](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/ansible/user_avatar/forum.ansible.com/bcoca/32/9269_2.png) [@bcoca](https://forum.ansible.com/u/bcoca)\ **Post date:** [June 26, 2025, 3:59pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/default-verbosity-for-console-output-and-increased-verbosity-when-logging-to-file/43566/2 "2025-06-26T15:59:55Z")
This is the global verbosity [Ansible Configuration Settings — Ansible Community Documentation](https://docs.ansible.com/ansible/latest/reference_appendices/config.html#default-verbosity) This is the log specific verbosity [Ansible Configuration Settings — Ansible Community Documentation](https://docs.ansible.com/ansible/latest/reference_appendices/config.html#log-verbosity) The log will use whichever is higher