service - this controls the starting and stopping of service installed in linux
chkconfig - this controls which services are set to start during server boots up.
commands:
<pre><code class="lang-bash">service &lt;name_of_service&gt; status
service &lt;name_of_service&gt; start
service &lt;name_of_service&gt; stop
service &lt;name_of_service&gt; reload
service &lt;name_of_service&gt; restart
</code></pre>
<pre><code class="lang-bash">chkconfig --list #to check the availability of a service
chkconfig &lt;name_of_service&gt; on #to make service available after restart
chkconfig &lt;name_of_service&gt; off #to make service unavailable after restart
</code></pre>

service - this controls the starting and stopping of service installed in linux

chkconfig - this controls which services are set to start during server boots up.

commands:

```bash
service <name_of_service> status
service <name_of_service> start
service <name_of_service> stop
service <name_of_service> reload
service <name_of_service> restart
```

```bash
chkconfig --list #to check the availability of a service
chkconfig <name_of_service> on #to make service available after restart
chkconfig <name_of_service> off #to make service unavailable after restart
```

Services in linux