diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 0ce9a20a8..93954fd41 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@ yarn-error.log*
 !/netbox/project-static/docs/.info
 /netbox/netbox/configuration.py
 /netbox/netbox/ldap_config.py
+/netbox/local/*
 /netbox/reports/*
 !/netbox/reports/__init__.py
 /netbox/scripts/*
diff --git a/docs/installation/6-ldap.md b/docs/installation/6-ldap.md
index 86114dfb0..281554f75 100644
--- a/docs/installation/6-ldap.md
+++ b/docs/installation/6-ldap.md
@@ -152,7 +152,7 @@ LOGGING = {
         'netbox_auth_log': {
             'level': 'DEBUG',
             'class': 'logging.handlers.RotatingFileHandler',
-            'filename': '/opt/netbox/logs/django-ldap-debug.log',
+            'filename': '/opt/netbox/local/logs/django-ldap-debug.log',
             'maxBytes': 1024 * 500,
             'backupCount': 5,
         },
diff --git a/docs/release-notes/version-3.1.md b/docs/release-notes/version-3.1.md
index c994d8305..cb8831731 100644
--- a/docs/release-notes/version-3.1.md
+++ b/docs/release-notes/version-3.1.md
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@
 
 * [#8192](https://github.com/netbox-community/netbox/issues/8192) - Add "add prefix" button to aggregate child prefixes view
 * [#8194](https://github.com/netbox-community/netbox/issues/8194) - Enable bulk user assignment to groups under admin UI
+* [#8210](https://github.com/netbox-community/netbox/issues/8210) - Establish `netbox/local/` as a path for local resources
 
 ### Bug Fixes