--- a/monitrc	2022-03-23 18:43:07.000000000 +0100
+++ b/monitrc	2024-03-26 16:17:32.926620113 +0100
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@
 ##
 ## Start Monit in the background (run as a daemon):
 #
-set daemon  30              # check services at 30 seconds intervals
+set daemon  120             # check services at 120 seconds intervals
 #   with start delay 240    # optional: delay the first check by 4-minutes (by
 #                           # default Monit check immediately after Monit start)
 #
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@
 ## Set syslog logging. If you want to log to a standalone log file instead,
 ## specify the full path to the log file
 #
-set log syslog
+set log /var/log/monit.log
 
 #
 #
@@ -37,7 +37,7 @@
 ## Monit instance. The id is generated and stored on first Monit start. By
 ## default the file is placed in $HOME/.monit.id.
 #
-# set idfile /var/.monit.id
+set idfile /var/lib/monit/id
 #
 ## Set the location of the Monit state file which saves monitoring states
 ## on each cycle. By default the file is placed in $HOME/.monit.state. If
@@ -45,7 +45,7 @@
 ## the monitoring state across reboots. If it is on temporary filesystem, the
 ## state will be lost on reboot which may be convenient in some situations.
 #
-# set statefile /var/.monit.state
+set statefile /var/lib/monit/state
 #
 #
 
@@ -89,25 +89,9 @@
 ## by using the SLOTS option (if omitted, the queue is limited by space
 ## available in the back end filesystem).
 #
-# set eventqueue
-#     basedir /var/monit  # set the base directory where events will be stored
-#     slots 100           # optionally limit the queue size
-#
-#
-## Send status and events to M/Monit (for more information about M/Monit
-## see https://mmonit.com/). By default Monit registers credentials with
-## M/Monit so M/Monit can smoothly communicate back to Monit and you don't
-## have to register Monit credentials manually in M/Monit. It is possible to
-## disable credential registration using the commented out option below.
-## Though, if safety is a concern we recommend instead using https when
-## communicating with M/Monit and send credentials encrypted. The password
-## should be URL encoded if it contains URL-significant characters like
-## ":", "?", "@". Default timeout is 5 seconds, you can customize it by
-## adding the timeout option.
-#
-# set mmonit http://monit:monit@192.168.1.10:8080/collector
-#     # with timeout 30 seconds              # Default timeout is 5 seconds
-#     # and register without credentials     # Don't register credentials
+ set eventqueue
+     basedir /var/lib/monit/events  # set the base directory where events will be stored
+     slots 100                      # optionally limit the queue size
 #
 #
 ## Monit by default uses the following format for alerts if the mail-format
@@ -154,13 +138,13 @@
 ## commands to a running Monit daemon. See the Monit Wiki if you want to
 ## enable SSL for the HTTP interface.
 #
-set httpd port 2812 and
-    use address localhost  # only accept connection from localhost (drop if you use M/Monit)
-    allow localhost        # allow localhost to connect to the server and
-    allow admin:monit      # require user 'admin' with password 'monit'
-    #with ssl {            # enable SSL/TLS and set path to server certificate
-    #    pemfile: /etc/ssl/certs/monit.pem
-    #}
+#set httpd port 2812 and
+#    use address localhost  # only accept connection from localhost
+#    allow localhost        # allow localhost to connect to the server and
+#    allow admin:monit      # require user 'admin' with password 'monit'
+#    #with ssl {            # enable SSL/TLS and set path to server certificate
+#    #    pemfile: /etc/ssl/certs/monit.pem
+#    #}
 #
 ## Monit can perform act differently regarding services previous state when
 ## going back in duty. By default, Monit will 'start' all services. Monit can