possible patch for COOK-2257?

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diff --git a/templates/default/hosts.cfg.erb b/templates/default/hosts.cfg.erb
index 3868fba..5f0f20c 100644
--- a/templates/default/hosts.cfg.erb
+++ b/templates/default/hosts.cfg.erb
@@ -24,7 +24,12 @@ define host {
     ip = n['cloud']['public_ipv4']
   else
     ip = n['ipaddress']
-  end %>
+  end 
+  if ip =~ /^ *$/
+    # ERROR! ip address shouldn't be empty.  but to avoid a nagios syntax error, replace with 127.0.0.1
+    # can we spew this into the chef log as a non-fatal WARNING from within the template?
+    ip = "127.0.0.1"
+  end%>
   address <%= ip %>
   host_name <%= n[node['nagios']['host_name_attribute']] %>
   <% if node['nagios']['multi_environment_monitoring'] -%>