Chapter 12. Creating remote caches

Data Grid Server provides a default Cache Manager that controls the lifecycle of remote caches. Starting Data Grid Server automatically instantiates the Cache Manager so you can create and delete remote caches and other resources like Protobuf schema.

After you start Data Grid Server and add user credentials, you can view details about the Cache Manager and get cluster information from Data Grid Console.

You can also get information about the Cache Manager through the Command Line Interface (CLI) or REST API:

Default Cache Manager configuration

<infinispan>
  <!-- Creates a Cache Manager named "default" and enables metrics. -->
  <cache-container name="default"
                   statistics="true">
     <!-- Adds cluster transport that uses the default JGroups TCP stack. -->
     <transport cluster="${infinispan.cluster.name:cluster}"
                stack="${infinispan.cluster.stack:tcp}"
                node-name="${infinispan.node.name:}"/>
     <!-- Requires user permission to access caches and perform operations. -->
     <security>
        <authorization/>
     </security>
  </cache-container>
</infinispan>

{
  "infinispan" : {
    "jgroups" : {
      "transport" : "org.infinispan.remoting.transport.jgroups.JGroupsTransport"
    },
    "cache-container" : {
      "name" : "default",
      "statistics" : "true",
      "transport" : {
        "cluster" : "cluster",
        "node-name" : "",
        "stack" : "tcp"
      },
      "security" : {
        "authorization" : {}
      }
    }
  }
}

infinispan:
  jgroups:
    transport: "org.infinispan.remoting.transport.jgroups.JGroupsTransport"
  cacheContainer:
    name: "default"
    statistics: "true"
    transport:
      cluster: "cluster"
      nodeName: ""
      stack: "tcp"
    security:
      authorization: ~

Use Data Grid Console to create remote caches in an intuitive visual interface from any web browser.

Use the Data Grid Command Line Interface (CLI) to add remote caches on Data Grid Server.

Use the Data Grid Hot Rod API to create remote caches on Data Grid Server from Java, C++, .NET/C#, JS clients and more.

This procedure shows you how to use Hot Rod Java clients that create remote caches on first access. You can find code examples for other Hot Rod clients in the Data Grid Tutorials.

File file = new File("path/to/infinispan.xml")
ConfigurationBuilder builder = new ConfigurationBuilder();
builder.remoteCache("another-cache")
       .configuration("<distributed-cache name=\"another-cache\"/>");
builder.remoteCache("my.other.cache")
       .configurationURI(file.toURI());

infinispan.client.hotrod.cache.another-cache.configuration=<distributed-cache name=\"another-cache\"/>
infinispan.client.hotrod.cache.[my.other.cache].configuration_uri=file:///path/to/infinispan.xml

Use the Data Grid REST API to create remote caches on Data Grid Server from any suitable HTTP client.