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+{# Creates a banner at the top of the page for EOL versions. #}
+<div id='banner' class='Admonition caution'>
+  <p>You are reading an unmaintained version of the Ansible documentation. Unmaintained Ansible versions can contain unfixed security vulnerabilities (CVE). Please upgrade to a maintained version. See <a href="https://docs.ansible.com/ansible/latest/index.html">the latest Ansible documentation</a>.</p>
+</div>