Make use of the /etc/nagios/nrpe.d directory

tasks/main.yml

@@ -37,6 +37,11 @@
     - reload nagios-nrpe-server
   when: ansible_distribution == 'Debian'
 
+- name: ensure /etc/nagios/nrpe.d exists
+  file:
+    path: /etc/nagios/nrpe.d
+    state: directory
+
 - name: ensure nrpe is running
   service:
     name: nrpe

templates/nrpe.cfg.j2

@@ -368,5 +368,4 @@ command[check_apt]=/usr/lib/nagios/plugins/check_apt
 # This directive allows you to include definitions from config files (with a
 # .cfg extension) in one or more directories (with recursion).
 
-#include_dir=<somedirectory>
-#include_dir=<someotherdirectory>
+include_dir=/etc/nagios/nrpe.d