Documenting reporting usage in `README.md`

Updated `README.md` on how to use the reporting feature of NetBox within this container.
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[napalm-doc]: http://napalm.readthedocs.io/en/latest/index.html
[netbox-napalm-doc]: https://netbox.readthedocs.io/en/latest/configuration/optional-settings/#napalm_username
### Customizable Reporting ###
NetBox includes [customized reporting][netbox-reports-doc] that allows the user to write Python code and determine the validity of the data within NetBox. The `REPORTS_ROOT` variable is setup as a mapped directory within this Docker container to `/reports/` and includes the example directly from the documentation for `devices.py`. However, it has been renamed to `devices.py.example` which prevents NetBox from recognizing it as a valid report. This was done to avoid unnessary issues from being opened when the default does not work for someone's expectations.
To re-enable this default report, simply rename `devices.py.example` to `devices.py` and browse within the WebUI to `/extras/reports/`.
You can also dynamically add any other report to this same directory and NetBox will be able to see it without restarting the container.
[netbox-reports-doc]: https://netbox.readthedocs.io/en/stable/additional-features/reports/
### Custom Initialization Code (e.g. Automatically Setting Up Custom Fields)
When using `docker-compose`, all the python scripts present in `/opt/netbox/startup_scripts` will automatically be executed after the application boots in the context of `./manage.py`.