Take the 2-minute tour ×  Is it possible to run the LDAP
protocol over HTTP or HTTPS?  If so, does anybody know of a Ruby
LDAP server which can be made to run on Heroku.com?
share|improve this question Running an LDAP server in the cloud
sounds like overkill (for a web app), or a very bad idea (for an
institutional network). What are you planning on using it for?
–  mikerobi May 19 '11 at 19:21 @mikerobi - I want to get a toy
OmniAuth app with the LDAP strategy working against a real LDAP
server. –  Jay Godse May 19 '11 at 21:47 add comment  2 Answers
No, it is not possible to run LDAP over HTTP(S). LDAP is a
binary protocol in its own right, described in ASN.1 and
transmitted in BER. However, DSML provides some functionality
that may interest you. DSML represents directory services
information using XML.  share|improve this answer add comment
Yes, certainly it is possible, I have one where LDAP entities
are sent as JSON objects. Let me know if you are interested in
taking a look at it. But this is in Java