The configuration of lighttpd is vast and complex. Here is a close to minimal configuration which allows for Perl and Ruby CGI.
server.document-root = "/opt/lighttpd/htdocs" server.port = 3000 mimetype.assign = ( ".html" => "text/html", ".txt" => "text/plain", ".jpg" => "image/jpeg", ".png" => "image/png" ) static-file.exclude-extensions = ( ".rb", ".pl", ".fcgi", ".php", ".rb", "~", ".inc" ) index-file.names = ( "index.html" ) server.modules += ( "mod_cgi" ) cgi.assign = ( ".rb" => "/opt/ruby/bin/ruby", ".pl" => "/usr/bin/perl")
