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+This directory contains boilerplate notices for versions that have reached 
+the end of their maintenance period or end of life. 
+For the official Elastic product maintenance/EOL schedule, see https://www.elastic.co/support/eol. 
+
+To use, set the version and product name and save as page_header.html
+alongside the book's index.asciidoc file. 
+
+Note that you can create a custom page header for any version of a book. 
+The header must be valid HTML and cannot contain comments.
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+<p>
+  <strong>WARNING</strong>: Version {version} of {product} has passed its 
+  <a href="https://www.elastic.co/support/eol">EOL date</a>. 
+</p>  
+<p>
+  This documentation is no longer being maintained and may be removed. 
+  If you are running this version, we strongly advise you to upgrade. 
+  For the latest information, see the 
+  <a href="../current/index.html">current release documentation</a>. 
+</p>
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+<p>
+  <strong>IMPORTANT</strong>: Version {version} of {product} has passed its 
+  <a href="https://www.elastic.co/support/eol">maintenance date</a>. 
+</p>  
+<p>
+  This documentation is no longer being updated. 
+  For the latest information, see the 
+  <a href="../current/index.html">current release documentation</a>. 
+</p>