setting DMS default url to blank

playbooks/roles/notifier/defaults/main.yml

@@ -58,7 +58,7 @@ NOTIFER_REQUESTS_CA_BUNDLE: "/etc/ssl/certs/ca-certificates.crt"
 
 NOTIFIER_DD_API_KEY: "NOT_USED"    # data dog
 
-NOTIFIER_DEAD_MANS_SNITCH_URL: "PUT_DEAD_MANS_SNITCH_URL_HERE" # optional; for monitoring use with https://deadmanssnitch.com/
+NOTIFIER_DEAD_MANS_SNITCH_URL: "" # optional; for monitoring use with https://deadmanssnitch.com/ | intentionally left blank to prevent the notifier from curling a placeholder url
 
 notifier_app_dir: "{{ COMMON_APP_DIR }}/notifier"
 notifier_user: "notifier"