example of created an encrypted data bag contents

user.rb

require 'chef/knife'

module KnifePlugins
  class User < Chef::Knife
    deps do
      require 'chef/search/query'
      require 'chef/shef/ext'
    end

    banner "knife user"

    def run
      Shef::Extensions.extend_context_object(self)
      def_secret_file = "/etc/chef/encrypted_data_bag_secret"
      secret_file = Chef::Config[:encrypted_data_bag_secret] || def_secret_file
      secret=Chef::EncryptedDataBagItem.load_secret(secret_file)
      username=ui.ask_question('New username? ') #, opts={})
      password=ui.ask_question('New password? ') #, opts={})
      dbi=Chef::DataBagItem.from_hash(Mash.new({id: username, password: password}))
      dbi_json = Chef::EncryptedDataBagItem.encrypt_data_bag_item(dbi, secret).to_json
      ui.output "\nPut the following in your databag"
      ui.output "#{dbi_json}"
      
    end
  end
end