ConfigurationBuilder clientBuilder = new ConfigurationBuilder(); clientBuilder.addServer() .host("10.1.2.3").port(11234) .addContextInitializers(new LibraryInitializerImpl()); RemoteCacheManager remoteCacheManager = new RemoteCacheManager(clientBuilder.build()); Book book1 = new Book(); book1.setTitle("Infinispan in Action"); remoteCache.put(1, book1); Book book2 = new Book(); book2.setTile("Hibernate Search in Action"); remoteCache.put(2, book2); QueryFactory qf = Search.getQueryFactory(remoteCache); Query query = qf.from(Book.class) .having("title").like("%Hibernate Search%") .build(); List list = query.list(); // Voila! We have our book back from the cache!