fixes #3917 - replace protected_attrs with strong parameters

Filtering of attributes has moved from the protected_attributes gem to
strong parameters in controller concerns, to be in line with current
Rails recommendations.

Concerns are shared between UI and both API controllers and list the...

Fixes #14518, #14516 - status change ignores validations

Refs #3809 - Using defaults for AndOr cop

Fixes #15773 - disambiguate table name

Refs #12193 - Remove remaining cached counters

Fixes #12193 - Stop using counter_cache for host[group] counts

This is aimed to prevent deadlocks caused by Rails' implementation of
counter_cache that is hit when multiple hosts are created or updated at
the same time. An added benefit is that the counters will now display...

fixes #14666 - support IPv6 in UI

Fixes #15644 - Move enable/skip_orchestration to Host::Managed

skip_orchestration and enable_orchestration were called in Host::Base
when importing facts. These two methods could not be called there
because they come from the Orchestration mixin which Host::Base does not...

Refs #3809 - Turning on the AndOr cop

Fixes #15601 - to_ip_address cannot retrieve PTR4 record

After some changes on the DNS orchestration, we removed `dns_ptr_record`
in favor of `dns_record(:ptr4)`. However, `host.to_ip_address` still
calls the old API. We should change that method to use the new API,...