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[LanutiEmanuele]

Description

This release adds several new capabilities and important bug fixes. Notably, it includes more flexible filtering options, improvements to REST engine parameter handling, and support for certificate verification settings. These changes are backward-compatible.

Filter devices by address

You can now filter devices based on one or more IP addresses using the address argument in the CLI.

Set certificate verification mode

Added support for the cert-verify parameter in configuration. You can set it to True, False, or a path to a CA certificate. This controls whether and how certificates are verified when connecting over HTTPS.

REST engine parameter update fix

When switching to engine='rest', the engine parameters are now correctly updated instead of keeping defaults. This avoids inconsistent behavior when switching between engines.

Update CI actions

GitHub Actions updated to fix deprecation warnings and re-enable linting and test execution on pull requests.

Upgrade dependencies

Upgraded uvicorn to version 0.15.0
Upgraded Docker base image to python:3.9.21-slim-bullseye

Changes to the Documentation

Updated release-notes.md

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Some minor requests

[ddutt]

There's more. We've added support for using VMWare's vCenter as an inventory source to gather data from Linux VMs running on VMWare.