=head1 NAME Catalyst::Manual::Deployment::lighttpd::FastCGI - Deploying Catalyst with lighttpd =head4 Static file handling Static files can be served directly by lighttpd for a performance boost. $HTTP["url"] !~ "^/(?:img/|static/|css/|favicon.ico$)" { fastcgi.server = ( "" => ( "MyApp" => ( "socket" => "/tmp/myapp.socket", "check-local" => "disable", ) ) ) } Which serves everything in the img, static, css directories statically, as well as the favicon file.