Add firewall rule to open port 9998 for Linux agent

Follow these steps to add a rule to iptables to allow incoming connections on port 9998:\n
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Edit iptables: # vi /etc/sysconfig/iptables\n
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Find the following line in the file:\n
-A RH-Firewall-1-INPUT -j REJECT --reject-with icmp-host-prohibited\n
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Add the following line BEFORE the above line:\n
-A RH-Firewall-1-INPUT -m state --state NEW -m tcp -p tcp --dport 9998 -j ACCEPT\n
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Restart iptables: # service iptables restart