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[Wed, 11 Jan 2012 17:02:10 +0000] INFO: Processing service[nagios-nrpe-server] action enable (nagios::client line 63)
[Wed, 11 Jan 2012 17:02:10 +0000] INFO: Processing nagios_nrpecheck[check_load] action add (nagios::client line 69)
[Wed, 11 Jan 2012 17:02:10 +0000] INFO: Adding check_load to /etc/nagios/nrpe.d/
[Wed, 11 Jan 2012 17:02:10 +0000] INFO: Processing template[/etc/nagios/nrpe.d/check_load.cfg] action create (/var/chef/cache/cookbooks/nagios/providers/nrpecheck.rb line 23)

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[Wed, 11 Jan 2012 17:02:10 +0000] INFO: template[/etc/nagios/nrpe.d/check_load.cfg] sending restart action to service[nagios-nrpe-server] (delayed)
[Wed, 11 Jan 2012 17:02:10 +0000] ERROR: Running exception handlers
[Wed, 11 Jan 2012 17:02:12 +0000] FATAL: Saving node information to /var/chef/cache/failed-run-data.json
[Wed, 11 Jan 2012 17:02:12 +0000] ERROR: Exception handlers complete
[Wed, 11 Jan 2012 17:02:12 +0000] FATAL: Stacktrace dumped to /var/chef/cache/chef-stacktrace.out
[Wed, 11 Jan 2012 17:02:12 +0000] FATAL: NoMethodError: undefined method `run_action' for "service[nagios-nrpe-server]":String

Hi, did you manage to solve this error, I'm seeing exactly the same.

Not really. I tried changing the nagios_nrpecheck to use the "old style" notification syntax recommended here: http://www.sharp-tools.net/archives/002187.html
Then this error seemed to happen less, but still happened sometimes. (I don't recall the particular conditions.)

Eventually I just stopped using the nagios_nrpecheck provider altogether; and wrote my own templates that notify nagios-nrpe-server.

yeah, I tried that fix too :-(