@supercleanse, as you're testing a new VM, here's something else to test out if you're so inclined:
https://bitbucket.org/intel352/nginx-vhost/src

It's a script for nginx that lets you fairly easily get a new vhost ready. I created & use it for my own servers.
There's other stuff out there that does this, but I haven't seen anything in native bash, usually perl or ruby/rails.

Cheers