diff --git a/dev-support/ranger-docker/scripts/admin/ranger-admin-install-postgres.properties b/dev-support/ranger-docker/scripts/admin/ranger-admin-install-postgres.properties
index 80c18df4e7..0b1d3f5606 100644
--- a/dev-support/ranger-docker/scripts/admin/ranger-admin-install-postgres.properties
+++ b/dev-support/ranger-docker/scripts/admin/ranger-admin-install-postgres.properties
@@ -46,10 +46,10 @@ keyadmin_password=rangerR0cks!
 ## --- Audit store: enable ONE of the following blocks ---
 
 ## Option 1: Solr (default)
-# audit_store=solr
+audit_store=solr
 # FQDN required for SPNEGO to Solr (HTTP/ranger-solr.rangernw@REALM)
-# audit_solr_urls=http://ranger-solr.rangernw:8983/solr/ranger_audits
-# audit_solr_collection_name=ranger_audits
+audit_solr_urls=http://ranger-solr.rangernw:8983/solr/ranger_audits
+audit_solr_collection_name=ranger_audits
 
 ## Option 2: OpenSearch / Elasticsearch (legacy - uses ES HighLevel REST Client)
 # audit_store=elasticsearch
@@ -62,14 +62,14 @@ keyadmin_password=rangerR0cks!
 # audit_elasticsearch_bootstrap_enabled=true
 
 ## Option 3: OpenSearch (native - uses low-level REST client, works with any OpenSearch version)
-audit_store=opensearch
-audit_opensearch_urls=ranger-opensearch
-audit_opensearch_port=9200
-audit_opensearch_protocol=http
-audit_opensearch_user=admin
-audit_opensearch_password=admin
-audit_opensearch_index=ranger_audits
-audit_opensearch_bootstrap_enabled=true
+# audit_store=opensearch
+# audit_opensearch_urls=ranger-opensearch
+# audit_opensearch_port=9200
+# audit_opensearch_protocol=http
+# audit_opensearch_user=admin
+# audit_opensearch_password=admin
+# audit_opensearch_index=ranger_audits
+# audit_opensearch_bootstrap_enabled=true
 
 policymgr_external_url=http://ranger-admin:6080
 policymgr_http_enabled=true
diff --git a/security-admin/src/main/java/org/apache/ranger/biz/RangerBizUtil.java b/security-admin/src/main/java/org/apache/ranger/biz/RangerBizUtil.java
index 0fa8910d63..2c2b665ca0 100644
--- a/security-admin/src/main/java/org/apache/ranger/biz/RangerBizUtil.java
+++ b/security-admin/src/main/java/org/apache/ranger/biz/RangerBizUtil.java
@@ -130,7 +130,7 @@ public class RangerBizUtil {
     Set<Class<?>> groupEditableClasses;
     int           maxDisplayNameLength = 150;
     boolean       enableResourceAccessControl;
-    String        auditDBType = AUDIT_STORE_RDBMS;
+    String        auditDBType = AUDIT_STORE_SOLR;
 
     public RangerBizUtil() {
         RangerAdminConfig config = RangerAdminConfig.getInstance();
diff --git a/security-admin/src/main/resources/conf.dist/ranger-admin-site.xml b/security-admin/src/main/resources/conf.dist/ranger-admin-site.xml
index 460c567e89..5493b69baf 100644
--- a/security-admin/src/main/resources/conf.dist/ranger-admin-site.xml
+++ b/security-admin/src/main/resources/conf.dist/ranger-admin-site.xml
@@ -141,7 +141,7 @@
 	</property>
 	<property>
 		<name>ranger.audit.source.type</name>
-		<value>db</value>
+		<value>solr</value>
 		<description></description>
 	</property>