So, I updated Cherokee a while ago and apparently that broke my
MediaWiki setup somehow. I've tried scrapping the config and
re-running the MediaWiki vServer wizard from scratch, to no avail
(When it was previously working, MediaWiki had been setup via the
wizard). It had been running fine on my root domain name, but now when
I try and access it from plain http://rebertia.com , I get a 403
Forbidden. When I access a wiki URL specifically (e.g.
http://rebertia.com/wiki/Main_Page ), I get served a raw PHP file. On
the other hand, my Wordpress-powered blog is still working fine even
after restarting Cherokee several times and purging my browser's
cache, so PHP itself seems to be in working order.

I'm a greenhorn as far as running a server, so I'd appreciate any
suggestions whatsoever as to how to fix this.
I'm running Cherokee 1.0.8 on Ubuntu; MediaWiki v1.16.0

In the unlikely event that it helps, here's what I believe to be the
relevant parts of cherokee.conf (although they should just be the
wizard-generated defaults):
vserver!10!directory_index = index.html
vserver!10!document_root = /var/www
vserver!10!error_writer!filename = /var/log/cherokee/cherokee.error
vserver!10!error_writer!type = file
vserver!10!logger = combined
vserver!10!logger!access!buffsize = 16384
vserver!10!logger!access!filename = /var/log/cherokee/cherokee.access
vserver!10!logger!access!type = file
vserver!10!nick = default
vserver!10!rule!5!encoder!gzip = allow
vserver!10!rule!5!handler = server_info
vserver!10!rule!5!handler!type = just_about
vserver!10!rule!5!match = directory
vserver!10!rule!5!match!directory = /about
vserver!10!rule!4!document_root = /usr/lib/cgi-bin
vserver!10!rule!4!handler = cgi
vserver!10!rule!4!match = directory
vserver!10!rule!4!match!directory = /cgi-bin
vserver!10!rule!3!document_root = /usr/share/cherokee/themes
vserver!10!rule!3!handler = file
vserver!10!rule!3!match = directory
vserver!10!rule!3!match!directory = /cherokee_themes
vserver!10!rule!2!document_root = /usr/share/cherokee/icons
vserver!10!rule!2!handler = file
vserver!10!rule!2!match = directory
vserver!10!rule!2!match!directory = /icons
vserver!10!rule!1!handler = common
vserver!10!rule!1!handler!iocache = 1
vserver!10!rule!1!match = default
vserver!30!directory_index = index.php,index.html
vserver!30!document_root = /usr/share/mediawiki
vserver!30!error_writer!filename = /var/log/cherokee/cherokee.error
vserver!30!error_writer!type = file
vserver!30!logger = combined
vserver!30!logger!access!buffsize = 16384
vserver!30!logger!access!filename = /var/log/cherokee/cherokee.access
vserver!30!logger!access!type = file
vserver!30!nick = rebertia.com
vserver!30!rule!60!document_root = /usr/share/mediawiki
vserver!30!rule!60!match = directory
vserver!30!rule!60!match!directory = /w
vserver!30!rule!60!match!final = 0
vserver!30!rule!50!handler = redir
vserver!30!rule!50!handler!rewrite!1!show = 1
vserver!30!rule!50!handler!rewrite!1!substring = /w/index.php
vserver!30!rule!50!match = fullpath
vserver!30!rule!50!match!fullpath!1 = /wiki
vserver!30!rule!50!match!fullpath!2 = /wiki/
vserver!30!rule!40!handler = redir
vserver!30!rule!40!handler!rewrite!1!show = 0
vserver!30!rule!40!handler!rewrite!1!substring = /w/index.php?/$1
vserver!30!rule!40!match = request
vserver!30!rule!40!match!request = /wiki/(.+)
vserver!30!rule!30!encoder!gzip = 1
vserver!30!rule!30!handler = fcgi
vserver!30!rule!30!handler!balancer = round_robin
vserver!30!rule!30!handler!balancer!source!1 = 1
vserver!30!rule!30!handler!error_handler = 1
vserver!30!rule!30!match = extensions
vserver!30!rule!30!match!check_local_file = 1
vserver!30!rule!30!match!extensions = php
vserver!30!rule!30!match!final = 0
vserver!30!rule!30!timeout = 30
vserver!30!rule!20!encoder!deflate = 0
vserver!30!rule!20!encoder!gzip = 0
vserver!30!rule!20!expiration = time
vserver!30!rule!20!expiration!time = 1h
vserver!30!rule!20!handler = file
vserver!30!rule!20!handler!iocache = 1
vserver!30!rule!20!match = fullpath
vserver!30!rule!20!match!fullpath!1 = /favicon.ico
vserver!30!rule!20!match!fullpath!2 = /robots.txt
vserver!30!rule!20!match!fullpath!3 = /crossdomain.xml
vserver!30!rule!10!handler = file
vserver!30!rule!10!match = default

Cheers and Thanks,
Chris
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Good news everyone!

Thanks to Sandino Networks¹ the different local Cherokee communities now have a server in which host their content.

The server is already available for the different communities to host their content. Please, if you are working on any of the communities or you are planning to do so in the near future, let us know the resources you'll need so they can be allocated for you.

As far as I'm aware of, the current (incipient) communities are: Poland, China, Hispano (spanish speaking) and Italy. Besides, I know there have been conversations about a German community, but certainly nothing as specific as a region inside the US.