[edraferi]

According to the release blogpost [0], "SQL Support [...]is an improved version of the elasticsearch-sql plugin." They're not replacing the SQL extension you linked -- they're integrating it.

[0] https://aws.amazon.com/blogs/aws/new-open-distro-for-elastic...

[sidi]

That's definitely good to read. And gathering from other comments, they have done something similar for Security too. :-)