change the way it works so it is var driven, update readme and role d…

…efaults, needs testing

README.adoc

@@ -399,6 +399,19 @@ You can find an example in `examples/`. You will also need to set
 TIP: By default, a local (non-LDAP) superuser will still be created by this
 role. If this is undesirable, consider toggling `netbox_superuser_enabled`.
 
+[source,yaml]
+----
+netbox_local_settings_enabled: false
+netbox_local_settings_config_file: local_setting.py
+----
+
+Toggle `netbox_local_settings_enabled` to `true` to deploy local_settings.py for
+NetBox. `netbox_local_settings_config_file` should be the path to your file - by
+default, Ansible will search your playbook's `files/` directory for this.
+
+NOTE: The destination file will always be `local_settings.py`, the source file name
+can be unique.
+
 [source,yaml]
 ----
 netbox_napalm_enabled: false

defaults/main.yml

@@ -74,6 +74,9 @@ netbox_requests_log: "file:{{ netbox_shared_path }}/requests.log"
 netbox_ldap_enabled: false
 netbox_ldap_config_template: netbox_ldap_config.py.j2
 
+netbox_local_settings_enabled: false
+netbox_local_settings_config_file: "netbox_local_settings.py"
+
 netbox_napalm_enabled: false
 netbox_napalm_packages:
   - napalm

tasks/deploy_netbox.yml

@@ -135,25 +135,24 @@
 
 # local_settings.py
 - name: Copy NetBox local_settings.py into shared (ignore if it doesn't exist)
-  copy:
-    src: "{{ playbook_dir }}/files/netbox/local_settings.py"
+  ansible.builtin.copy:
+    src: "{{ netbox_local_settings_config_file }}"
     dest: "{{ netbox_shared_path }}/local_settings.py"
     owner: "{{ netbox_user }}"
     group: "{{ netbox_group }}"
   ignore_errors: yes
-
-- name: Check if local_settings.py file exists in shared
-  stat:
-    path: "{{ netbox_shared_path }}/local_settings.py"
-  register: netbox_local_settings_file_in_shared
+  when:
+    - netbox_local_settings_enabled
+  notify:
+    - reload netbox.service
 
 - name: Symlink/Remove NetBox local_settings.py file into/from the active NetBox release
   file:
-    src: "{{ netbox_shared_path + '/local_settings.py' if netbox_local_settings_file_in_shared.stat.exists else omit }}"
+    src: "{{ netbox_shared_path + '/local_settings.py' if netbox_local_settings_enabled else omit }}"
     dest: "{{ netbox_config_path }}/local_settings.py"
     owner: "{{ netbox_user }}"
     group: "{{ netbox_group }}"
-    state: "{{ 'link' if netbox_local_settings_file_in_shared.stat.exists else 'absent' }}"
+    state: "{{ 'link' if netbox_local_settings_enabled else 'absent' }}"
   notify:
     - reload netbox.service