Is the CLI chapter http://infinispan.org/docs/8.1.x/user_guide/user_guide.html#_create in the user guide insufficient in any way? You need to define a configuration template (in regular XML configuration) and later you can create caches that have this configuration.at runtime (using CLI).

I hope those 4 exclamation marks are not necessary.

To create a cache using an existing configuration in domain mode:

$ ./bin/ispn-cli.sh

You are disconnected at the moment. Type 'connect' to connect to the server or 'help' for the list of supported commands.

[disconnected /] connect

[domain@localhost:9990 /] cd profile=clustered/subsystem=datagrid-infinispan/cache-container=clustered

[domain@localhost:9990 cache-container=clustered] ./distributed-cache=mynewcache:add(configuration=default)

{

    "outcome" => "success",

    "result" => undefined,

    "server-groups" => {"main-server-group" => {"host" => {"master" => {

        "server-one" => {"response" => {"outcome" => "success"}},

        "server-two" => {"response" => {"outcome" => "success"}}

    }}}}

}

[domain@localhost:9990 cache-container=clustered]