def set_variation_lineage(kind = nil)
      @lineage = "testlineage#{@deployment.href.split(/\//).last}"
      if kind
        raise "Only support nil kind for ebs lineage"
      else
        @deployment.set_input('EBS_LINEAGE', "text:#{@lineage}")
        # unset all server level inputs in the deployment to ensure use of 
        # the setting from the deployment level
        @deployment.servers_no_reload.each do |s|
          s.set_input('EBS_LINEAGE', "text:")
        end
      end
    end
def set_variation_lineage(kind = nil)
      @lineage = "testlineage#{@deployment.href.split(/\//).last}"
      if kind
        raise "Only support nil kind for ebs lineage"
      else
        @deployment.set_input('EBS_LINEAGE', "text:#{@lineage}")
        # unset all server level inputs in the deployment to ensure use of 
        # the setting from the deployment level
        @deployment.servers_no_reload.each do |s|
          s.set_input('EBS_LINEAGE', "text:")
        end
      end
    end
sets the lineage for the deployment
 * kind<~String> can be "chef" or nil