MariaDB max_connections, table_open_cache stuck

copy my-hugh.cnf to /etc/my.cnf.d/

editing
/etc/sysctl.conf
fs.file-max = 2459688

editing
/etc/security/limits.conf
mysql           soft    nofile         4096
mysql           hard    nofile         4096

editing
/etc/my.cnf.d/my-hugh.cnf
max_connections=1024
max_user_connections=1024
table_open_cache = 4096
table_definition_cache = 4096
open_files_limit=4096

ref:
https://codepoets.co.uk/2015/mysql-max_connections-stuck-on-214/

http://blog.endpoint.com/2013/12/increasing-mysql-55-maxconnections-on.html