Adjusted Gitignore, added config module, adjusted requirements for YAML support, added first unittests

modules/config.py

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+"""
+Module for parsing configuration from the top level config.yaml file
+"""
+from pathlib import Path
+import yaml
+
+DEFAULT_CONFIG = {
+    "templates_config_context": False,
+    "templates_config_context_overrule": False,
+    "template_cf": "zabbix_template",
+    "device_cf": "zabbix_hostid",
+    "clustering": False,
+    "create_hostgroups": True,
+    "create_journal": False,
+    "sync_vms": False,
+    "zabbix_device_removal": ["Decommissioning", "Inventory"],
+    "zabbix_device_disable": ["Offline", "Planned", "Staged", "Failed"]
+}
+
+
+def load_config(config_path="config.yaml"):
+    """Loads config from YAML file and combines it with default config"""
+    # Get data from default config.
+    config = DEFAULT_CONFIG.copy()
+    # Set config path
+    config_file = Path(config_path)
+    # Check if file exists
+    if config_file.exists():
+        try:
+            with open(config_file, "r", encoding="utf-8") as f:
+                user_config = yaml.safe_load(f) or {}
+                config.update(user_config)
+        except OSError:
+            # Probably some I/O error with user permissions etc.
+            # Ignore for now and return default config
+            pass
+    return config