To check status\\
<code>
service --status-all
</code>

To stop and start a service\\
<code>
service apache2 start
service apache2 stop
</code>

To remove a service from startup at boot\\
<code>
update-rc.d -f apache2 remove
</code>

To add a service\\
<code>
update-rc.d apache2 defaults
</code>

''update-rc.d'' has many options to set the priority on START and KILL and also the runlevels the service starts on.