The following are common useful services that I frequently use for data exfiltration, hosting payloads, or anonymizing traffic.

SSH
#Start service
service ssh start 

#Confirm with
netstat -antp | grep sshd
HTTP (Apache Web Server)
#Start service
service apache2 start

#Confirm by checking http://127.0.0.1 in your browser
PostgreSQL
#Start service
service postgresql start
TOR
#Anonymize traffic through the onion network
service tor start
Metasploit Database
#Initialize the database
msfdb init
service postgresql start
NFS (Network File System)
#Useful for creating shared folders for exfiltration
service nfs-kernel-server start
Samba (SMB)
#Share files with Windows targets
service smbd start

 

I usually run these after a fresh install of Kali Linux, Parrot OS, etc. To make them persistent:

#To start the above services persistently at boot
systemctl enable ssh
systemctl enable apache2
systemctl enable postgresql
systemctl enable tor
systemctl enable nfs-kernel-server
systemctl enable smbd