Method for reading config outside of the server launch

[pwwolf]

In a few tests we need to see what the config would look like if there server were launched, but we don't necessarily want to go through the process of starting a server. Would be nice if there was an api exposed through the server itself that would return the config service.

[seanpk]

@pwwolf are you thinking that there would be a node module that provides a function to process a config directory which could be required in a test?

in doing this, would we have several tests to rewrite to consume this fix?