diff --git a/inventory/example-netbox.yml b/inventory/example-netbox.yml
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+---
+# example inventory file for pulling from Netbox
+
+plugin: netbox.netbox.nb_inventory
+api_endpoint: "https://10.76.28.11/"
+
+# token can be created in Netbox at https://10.76.28.11/user/api-tokens/
+token: "abcd1234"
+
+# wet to true once DNS is working
+validate_certs: false
+
+# build a config context for each host
+config_context: true
+
+# only return hosts with primary IP addresses
+device_query_filters:
+  - has_primary_ip: 'true'
+
+## used with the netbox edgeconfig script
+ip_prefixes:
+ - "10.0.0.0/25"
+ - "10.0.0.128/25"
+ - "10.0.1.0/25"
+ - "10.0.1.128/25"
diff --git a/inventory/host_vars/.gitignore b/inventory/host_vars/.gitignore
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+# placeholder to create this directory