fixes #18511 - plugin authors shown nicely

(cherry picked from commit d7ad6cbee2a4c4b80dc534cfcfcc919ffa402f87)

Fixes #17632 - Reports widget will not fail on ambiguous filter

A user with a filter on a joined table that has a host_id column (such
as nics for example) will cause the report widget to break due to an
ambiguous column name. This fix makes sure the columns use the table...

Fixes #17042 - add logging of task statuses after orchestration

(cherry picked from commit 2f7a49850c36d5a4ce06e9f8b2fe891c78434238)

Fixes #17894 - load needed dependent api param group

when rendering facet api param docs
(cherry picked from commit 61ccbc34b4a69682b56ac67dbf0aedc5b71cc27f)

Fixes #15287 - Correct link from puppet proxy dashboard chart

(cherry picked from commit 41be22a16ba8dbcf17e11661d4eb3fbe9f755a1d)

fixes #17407 - add a new hosts dashboard widget

(cherry picked from commit b907bcc44e547a1f32a76c7f680270922a4ffe40)

Fixes #17343 - set deep munge config off

deep_munge was introduced as a solution to keep
Rails secure by default which results in
'empty array becomes nil in params'.
Thats why, set deep_munge config off in application.rb.
Also, added changes which will cast param argument to string...

Fixes #16739 - unify parameters permissions

Fixes #17403 - enable exporting of templates

Fixes #14688 - Power status visible on hosts index page