Convert a Berkshelf Lockfile to a Chef Environment json

With Berks3 - berks apply is an awesome feature - but doesn't work if you want to create a net new environment (via your CI system)

What this does is allows you to pass in a branch or version number (or any arbitrary data really) and a Berksfile.lock and convert them into a Chef server supported envrionment json.

Currently this is the raw, original version of the script we use to create environment files per our workflow that was discussed at ChefConf 2014 - You can watch this talk here.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L__8o02od6Q

Use this link to jump directly to the section I talk about Jenkins/CI workflows If you just want the original script we used on CI (per the talk above) - you can find it here

• Going to eventually convert this into a rubygem
• Going to support another command option to injest json into the resultant environment json
• General cleanup and refactor to make it more flexible.
• This is raw and has only a single specific use case - Watch my talk if you want more info about how and why this is used.