Disable Or Remove Server Services

Disable or remove server services that are not going to be utilized (e.g. FTP, DNS, LDAP, SMB, DHCP, NFS, SNMP, etc.)

Display a list of services available

1. To display a list of services available use the command the below

systemctl -t service

This will display something similar to

Disable unnecessary services

1. Stop and turn OFF auto-start services not needed

systemctl stop "service name"
systemctl disable "service name"

I.e. to stop and disable the Postfix service
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systemctl stop postfix
systemctl disable postfix