So, I set monitrc to the below. Not sure where I am to add the "reminder" clause so that the heartbeat service is the one that emails me without fail (don't want this to apply to other services). Suggestions?
set daemon 60 with start delay 15
set logfile /apps/monit.log
set pidfile /apps/monit.pid
set idfile /apps/
monit.idset statefile /apps/state
set mailserver
smtp.gmail.com port 587
username "
address@hidden" password "aaa"
using tlsv12
set httpd port 2182
allow aaa:aaa
signature disable
set alert
address@hidden#-- HEARTBEAT ---------------------------------------------------------
check host agp-heartbeat address 127.0.0.1 every 2 cycles
if failed ping then alert
else if succeeded then alert