Updated as subtree with my customisations.

defaults/main.yml

@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ nginx_ppa_version: stable
 # The name of the nginx apt/yum package to install.
 nginx_package_name: "nginx"
 
-nginx_worker_processes: "1"
+nginx_worker_processes: "auto"
 nginx_worker_connections: "1024"
 nginx_multi_accept: "off"
 

tasks/vhosts.yml

@@ -16,6 +16,12 @@
   notify:
     - reload nginx
 
+- name: Creates Nginx vhost directory
+  file: path=/var/www/html/{{ server_hostname }} state=directory owner={{ nginx_user }} group={{ nginx_user }} mode=0775 recurse=yes
+  when: nginx_vhosts|length > 0
+  notify:
+    - reload nginx
+
 - name: Remove managed vhost config file (if no vhosts are configured).
   file:
     path: "{{ nginx_vhost_path }}/vhosts.conf"

templates/nginx.conf.j2

@@ -35,7 +35,7 @@ http {
     keepalive_timeout  {{ nginx_keepalive_timeout }};
     keepalive_requests {{ nginx_keepalive_requests }};
 
-    #gzip  on;
+    gzip  on;
 
 {% if nginx_proxy_cache_path %}
     proxy_cache_path {{ nginx_proxy_cache_path }};