1. It is not recommended to run cherokee as root. So you either have to
   create a cherokee user or you can just use the apache user.
2. Same for the group: Either create a cherokee group or use the apache
   group.
3. You have to create these 2 cherokee logfiles and set ownership to
   your cherokee/apache user:
   touch /var/log/cherokee.access
   touch /var/log/cherokee.error
   chown apache:apache /var/log/cherokee.*
4. Configure cherokee config file: /etc/cherokee/cherokee.conf
   Set user and group cherokee should run as:
   server!user = apache
   server!group = apache
5. You can use cherokee-admin for further configuration.

Have fun :-)