diff --git a/.azure-pipelines/azure-pipelines.yml b/.azure-pipelines/azure-pipelines.yml
index 58aedfd8f9..16ec16a86b 100644
--- a/.azure-pipelines/azure-pipelines.yml
+++ b/.azure-pipelines/azure-pipelines.yml
@@ -93,45 +93,6 @@ stages:
             - test: 2
             - test: 3
             - test: 4
-  - stage: Sanity_2_11
-    displayName: Sanity 2.11
-    dependsOn: []
-    jobs:
-      - template: templates/matrix.yml
-        parameters:
-          nameFormat: Test {0}
-          testFormat: 2.11/sanity/{0}
-          targets:
-            - test: 1
-            - test: 2
-            - test: 3
-            - test: 4
-  - stage: Sanity_2_10
-    displayName: Sanity 2.10
-    dependsOn: []
-    jobs:
-      - template: templates/matrix.yml
-        parameters:
-          nameFormat: Test {0}
-          testFormat: 2.10/sanity/{0}
-          targets:
-            - test: 1
-            - test: 2
-            - test: 3
-            - test: 4
-  - stage: Sanity_2_9
-    displayName: Sanity 2.9
-    dependsOn: []
-    jobs:
-      - template: templates/matrix.yml
-        parameters:
-          nameFormat: Test {0}
-          testFormat: 2.9/sanity/{0}
-          targets:
-            - test: 1
-            - test: 2
-            - test: 3
-            - test: 4
 ### Units
   - stage: Units_2_14
     displayName: Units 2.14
@@ -174,41 +135,6 @@ stages:
             - test: 2.6
             - test: 3.5
             - test: 3.8
-  - stage: Units_2_11
-    displayName: Units 2.11
-    dependsOn: []
-    jobs:
-      - template: templates/matrix.yml
-        parameters:
-          nameFormat: Python {0}
-          testFormat: 2.11/units/{0}/1
-          targets:
-            - test: 2.6
-            - test: 2.7
-            - test: 3.5
-            - test: 3.9
-  - stage: Units_2_10
-    displayName: Units 2.10
-    dependsOn: []
-    jobs:
-      - template: templates/matrix.yml
-        parameters:
-          nameFormat: Python {0}
-          testFormat: 2.10/units/{0}/1
-          targets:
-            - test: 2.7
-            - test: 3.6
-  - stage: Units_2_9
-    displayName: Units 2.9
-    dependsOn: []
-    jobs:
-      - template: templates/matrix.yml
-        parameters:
-          nameFormat: Python {0}
-          testFormat: 2.9/units/{0}/1
-          targets:
-            - test: 2.6
-            - test: 3.5
 
 ## Remote
   - stage: Remote_2_14
@@ -266,55 +192,6 @@ stages:
           groups:
             - 1
             - 2
-  - stage: Remote_2_11
-    displayName: Remote 2.11
-    dependsOn: []
-    jobs:
-      - template: templates/matrix.yml
-        parameters:
-          testFormat: 2.11/{0}
-          targets:
-            - name: RHEL 7.9
-              test: rhel/7.9
-            - name: RHEL 8.3
-              test: rhel/8.3
-            #- name: FreeBSD 12.2
-            #  test: freebsd/12.2
-          groups:
-            - 1
-            - 2
-  - stage: Remote_2_10
-    displayName: Remote 2.10
-    dependsOn: []
-    jobs:
-      - template: templates/matrix.yml
-        parameters:
-          testFormat: 2.10/{0}
-          targets:
-            - name: OS X 10.11
-              test: osx/10.11
-            - name: macOS 10.15
-              test: macos/10.15
-          groups:
-            - 1
-            - 2
-  - stage: Remote_2_9
-    displayName: Remote 2.9
-    dependsOn: []
-    jobs:
-      - template: templates/matrix.yml
-        parameters:
-          testFormat: 2.9/{0}
-          targets:
-            - name: RHEL 8.2
-              test: rhel/8.2
-            - name: RHEL 7.8
-              test: rhel/7.8
-            #- name: FreeBSD 12.0
-            #  test: freebsd/12.0
-          groups:
-            - 1
-            - 2
 
 ### Docker
   - stage: Docker_2_14
@@ -377,49 +254,6 @@ stages:
             - 1
             - 2
             - 3
-  - stage: Docker_2_11
-    displayName: Docker 2.11
-    dependsOn: []
-    jobs:
-      - template: templates/matrix.yml
-        parameters:
-          testFormat: 2.11/linux/{0}
-          targets:
-            - name: Fedora 33
-              test: fedora33
-            - name: Alpine 3
-              test: alpine3
-          groups:
-            - 2
-            - 3
-  - stage: Docker_2_10
-    displayName: Docker 2.10
-    dependsOn: []
-    jobs:
-      - template: templates/matrix.yml
-        parameters:
-          testFormat: 2.10/linux/{0}
-          targets:
-            - name: Fedora 32
-              test: fedora32
-            - name: Ubuntu 16.04
-              test: ubuntu1604
-          groups:
-            - 2
-            - 3
-  - stage: Docker_2_9
-    displayName: Docker 2.9
-    dependsOn: []
-    jobs:
-      - template: templates/matrix.yml
-        parameters:
-          testFormat: 2.9/linux/{0}
-          targets:
-            - name: Fedora 31
-              test: fedora31
-          groups:
-            - 2
-            - 3
 
 ### Community Docker
   - stage: Docker_community_2_14
@@ -473,68 +307,23 @@ stages:
           testFormat: 2.12/cloud/{0}/1
           targets:
             - test: 3.8
-  - stage: Cloud_2_11
-    displayName: Cloud 2.11
-    dependsOn: []
-    jobs:
-      - template: templates/matrix.yml
-        parameters:
-          nameFormat: Python {0}
-          testFormat: 2.11/cloud/{0}/1
-          targets:
-            - test: 3.6
-  - stage: Cloud_2_10
-    displayName: Cloud 2.10
-    dependsOn: []
-    jobs:
-      - template: templates/matrix.yml
-        parameters:
-          nameFormat: Python {0}
-          testFormat: 2.10/cloud/{0}/1
-          targets:
-            - test: 3.5
-  - stage: Cloud_2_9
-    displayName: Cloud 2.9
-    dependsOn: []
-    jobs:
-      - template: templates/matrix.yml
-        parameters:
-          nameFormat: Python {0}
-          testFormat: 2.9/cloud/{0}/1
-          targets:
-            - test: 2.7
   - stage: Summary
     condition: succeededOrFailed()
     dependsOn:
       - Sanity_2_14
-      - Sanity_2_9
-      - Sanity_2_10
-      - Sanity_2_11
       - Sanity_2_12
       - Sanity_2_13
       - Units_2_14
-      - Units_2_9
-      - Units_2_10
-      - Units_2_11
       - Units_2_12
       - Units_2_13
       - Remote_2_14
-      - Remote_2_9
-      - Remote_2_10
-      - Remote_2_11
       - Remote_2_12
       - Remote_2_13
       - Docker_2_14
-      - Docker_2_9
-      - Docker_2_10
-      - Docker_2_11
       - Docker_2_12
       - Docker_2_13
       - Docker_community_2_14
       - Cloud_2_14
-      - Cloud_2_9
-      - Cloud_2_10
-      - Cloud_2_11
       - Cloud_2_12
       - Cloud_2_13
     jobs:
diff --git a/.github/workflows/ansible-test.yml b/.github/workflows/ansible-test.yml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..89b4202a19
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.github/workflows/ansible-test.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,220 @@
+---
+# Copyright (c) Ansible Project
+# GNU General Public License v3.0+ (see LICENSES/GPL-3.0-or-later.txt or https://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl-3.0.txt)
+# SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-3.0-or-later
+
+# For the comprehensive list of the inputs supported by the ansible-community/ansible-test-gh-action GitHub Action, see
+# https://github.com/marketplace/actions/ansible-test
+
+name: EOL CI
+on:
+  # Run EOL CI against all pushes (direct commits, also merged PRs), Pull Requests
+  push:
+    branches:
+      - main
+      - stable-*
+  pull_request:
+  # Run EOL CI once per week (at 11:00 UTC)
+  schedule:
+    - cron: '0 11 * * 0'
+
+concurrency:
+  # Make sure there is at most one active run per PR, but do not cancel any non-PR runs
+  group: ${{ github.workflow }}-${{ (github.head_ref && github.event.number) || github.run_id }}
+  cancel-in-progress: true
+
+jobs:
+  sanity:
+    name: EOL Sanity (Ⓐ${{ matrix.ansible }})
+    strategy:
+      matrix:
+        ansible:
+          - '2.11'
+          - '2.10'
+          - '2.9'
+    # Ansible-test on various stable branches does not yet work well with cgroups v2.
+    # Since ubuntu-latest now uses Ubuntu 22.04, we need to fall back to the ubuntu-20.04
+    # image for these stable branches. The list of branches where this is necessary will
+    # shrink over time, check out https://github.com/ansible-collections/news-for-maintainers/issues/28
+    # for the latest list.
+    runs-on: >-
+      ${{ contains(fromJson(
+          '["2.9", "2.10", "2.11"]'
+      ), matrix.ansible) && 'ubuntu-20.04' || 'ubuntu-latest' }}
+    steps:
+      - name: Perform sanity testing
+        uses: felixfontein/ansible-test-gh-action@main
+        with:
+          ansible-core-github-repository-slug: felixfontein/ansible
+          ansible-core-version: stable-${{ matrix.ansible }}
+          coverage: ${{ github.event_name == 'schedule' && 'always' || 'never' }}
+          pull-request-change-detection: 'true'
+          testing-type: sanity
+
+  units:
+    # Ansible-test on various stable branches does not yet work well with cgroups v2.
+    # Since ubuntu-latest now uses Ubuntu 22.04, we need to fall back to the ubuntu-20.04
+    # image for these stable branches. The list of branches where this is necessary will
+    # shrink over time, check out https://github.com/ansible-collections/news-for-maintainers/issues/28
+    # for the latest list.
+    runs-on: >-
+      ${{ contains(fromJson(
+          '["2.9", "2.10", "2.11"]'
+      ), matrix.ansible) && 'ubuntu-20.04' || 'ubuntu-latest' }}
+    name: EOL Units (Ⓐ${{ matrix.ansible }}+py${{ matrix.python }})
+    strategy:
+      # As soon as the first unit test fails, cancel the others to free up the CI queue
+      fail-fast: true
+      matrix:
+        ansible:
+          - ''
+        python:
+          - ''
+        exclude:
+          - ansible: ''
+        include:
+          - ansible: '2.11'
+            python: '2.6'
+          - ansible: '2.11'
+            python: '2.7'
+          - ansible: '2.11'
+            python: '3.5'
+          - ansible: '2.11'
+            python: '3.9'
+          - ansible: '2.10'
+            python: '2.7'
+          - ansible: '2.10'
+            python: '3.6'
+          - ansible: '2.9'
+            python: '2.6'
+          - ansible: '2.9'
+            python: '3.5'
+
+    steps:
+      - name: >-
+          Perform unit testing against
+          Ansible version ${{ matrix.ansible }}
+        uses: felixfontein/ansible-test-gh-action@main
+        with:
+          ansible-core-github-repository-slug: felixfontein/ansible
+          ansible-core-version: stable-${{ matrix.ansible }}
+          coverage: ${{ github.event_name == 'schedule' && 'always' || 'never' }}
+          pre-test-cmd: >-
+            mkdir -p ../../ansible
+            ;
+            git clone --depth=1 --single-branch https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.internal_test_tools.git ../../community/internal_test_tools
+            ;
+            if [ ${{ matrix.ansible }} == "2.9" ]; then cp tests/unit/requirements-2.9.txt tests/unit/requirements.txt; fi
+            ;
+            if [ ${{ matrix.ansible }} == "2.10" ]; then cp tests/unit/requirements-2.10.txt tests/unit/requirements.txt; fi
+          pull-request-change-detection: 'true'
+          target-python-version: ${{ matrix.python }}
+          testing-type: units
+
+  integration:
+    # Ansible-test on various stable branches does not yet work well with cgroups v2.
+    # Since ubuntu-latest now uses Ubuntu 22.04, we need to fall back to the ubuntu-20.04
+    # image for these stable branches. The list of branches where this is necessary will
+    # shrink over time, check out https://github.com/ansible-collections/news-for-maintainers/issues/28
+    # for the latest list.
+    runs-on: >-
+      ${{ contains(fromJson(
+          '["2.9", "2.10", "2.11"]'
+      ), matrix.ansible) && 'ubuntu-20.04' || 'ubuntu-latest' }}
+    name: EOL I (Ⓐ${{ matrix.ansible }}+${{ matrix.docker }}+py${{ matrix.python }}:${{ matrix.target }})
+    strategy:
+      fail-fast: false
+      matrix:
+        ansible:
+          - ''
+        docker:
+          - ''
+        python:
+          - ''
+        target:
+          - ''
+        exclude:
+          - ansible: ''
+        include:
+          # 2.11
+          - ansible: '2.11'
+            docker: fedora33
+            python: ''
+            target: shippable/posix/group2/
+          - ansible: '2.11'
+            docker: fedora33
+            python: ''
+            target: shippable/posix/group3/
+          - ansible: '2.11'
+            docker: alpine3
+            python: ''
+            target: shippable/posix/group2/
+          - ansible: '2.11'
+            docker: alpine3
+            python: ''
+            target: shippable/posix/group3/
+          - ansible: '2.11'
+            docker: default
+            python: '3.6'
+            target: shippable/cloud/group1/
+          # 2.10
+          - ansible: '2.10'
+            docker: fedora32
+            python: ''
+            target: shippable/posix/group2/
+          - ansible: '2.10'
+            docker: fedora32
+            python: ''
+            target: shippable/posix/group3/
+          - ansible: '2.10'
+            docker: ubuntu1604
+            python: ''
+            target: shippable/posix/group2/
+          - ansible: '2.10'
+            docker: ubuntu1604
+            python: ''
+            target: shippable/posix/group3/
+          - ansible: '2.10'
+            docker: default
+            python: '3.5'
+            target: shippable/cloud/group1/
+          # 2.9
+          - ansible: '2.9'
+            docker: fedora31
+            python: ''
+            target: shippable/posix/group2/
+          - ansible: '2.9'
+            docker: fedora31
+            python: ''
+            target: shippable/posix/group3/
+          - ansible: '2.9'
+            docker: default
+            python: '2.7'
+            target: shippable/cloud/group1/
+
+    steps:
+      - name: >-
+          Perform integration testing against
+          Ansible version ${{ matrix.ansible }}
+          under Python ${{ matrix.python }}
+        uses: felixfontein/ansible-test-gh-action@main
+        with:
+          ansible-core-github-repository-slug: felixfontein/ansible
+          ansible-core-version: stable-${{ matrix.ansible }}
+          coverage: ${{ github.event_name == 'schedule' && 'always' || 'never' }}
+          docker-image: ${{ matrix.docker }}
+          integration-continue-on-error: 'false'
+          integration-diff: 'false'
+          integration-retry-on-error: 'true'
+          pre-test-cmd: >-
+            mkdir -p ../../ansible
+            ;
+            git clone --depth=1 --single-branch https://github.com/ansible-collections/ansible.posix.git ../../ansible/posix
+            ;
+            git clone --depth=1 ${{ matrix.docker == 'ubuntu1604' && '--branch stable-1' || '' }} --single-branch https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.crypto.git ../../community/crypto
+            ;
+            git clone --depth=1 --single-branch https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.internal_test_tools.git ../../community/internal_test_tools
+          pull-request-change-detection: 'true'
+          target: ${{ matrix.target }}
+          target-python-version: ${{ matrix.python }}
+          testing-type: integration
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 2b9577a411..f15be74247 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 # Community General Collection
 
 [![Build Status](https://dev.azure.com/ansible/community.general/_apis/build/status/CI?branchName=stable-4)](https://dev.azure.com/ansible/community.general/_build?definitionId=31)
+[![EOL CI](https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/workflows/EOL%20CI/badge.svg?event=push)](https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/actions)
 [![Codecov](https://img.shields.io/codecov/c/github/ansible-collections/community.general)](https://codecov.io/gh/ansible-collections/community.general)
 
 This repository contains the `community.general` Ansible Collection. The collection is a part of the Ansible package and includes many modules and plugins supported by Ansible community which are not part of more specialized community collections.
diff --git a/tests/unit/requirements-2.10.txt b/tests/unit/requirements-2.10.txt
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..ab428a46d8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/unit/requirements-2.10.txt
@@ -0,0 +1,41 @@
+unittest2 ; python_version < '2.7'
+importlib ; python_version < '2.7'
+
+# requirement for the memcached cache plugin
+python-memcached
+
+# requirement for the redis cache plugin
+redis < 4.1.0
+
+# requirement for the linode module
+linode-python  # APIv3
+linode_api4 ; python_version > '2.6'  # APIv4
+
+# requirement for the gitlab and github modules
+python-gitlab < 2.10.1 ; python_version >= '3.6'
+PyGithub
+httmock
+
+# requirement for maven_artifact module
+lxml < 4.3.0 ; python_version < '2.7' # lxml 4.3.0 and later require python 2.7 or later
+lxml ; python_version >= '2.7'
+semantic_version
+
+# requirement for datadog_downtime module
+datadog-api-client >= 1.0.0b3 ; python_version >= '3.6'
+
+# requirement for dnsimple module
+dnsimple >= 2 ; python_version >= '3.6'
+dataclasses ; python_version == '3.6'
+
+# requirement for the opentelemetry callback plugin
+# WARNING: these libraries rely on Protobuf for Python, which regularly stops installing.
+#          That's why they are disabled for now.
+# opentelemetry-api ; python_version >= '3.6' and python_version < '3.10'
+# opentelemetry-exporter-otlp ; python_version >= '3.6' and python_version < '3.10'
+# opentelemetry-sdk ; python_version >= '3.6' and python_version < '3.10'
+
+# requirement for the elastic callback plugin
+elastic-apm < 6.13.0 ; python_version == '3.6'
+elastic-apm ; python_version >= '3.7'
+python-gitlab ; python_version < '3.6'
diff --git a/tests/unit/requirements-2.9.txt b/tests/unit/requirements-2.9.txt
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..b435d01545
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/unit/requirements-2.9.txt
@@ -0,0 +1,41 @@
+unittest2 ; python_version < '2.7'
+importlib ; python_version < '2.7'
+
+# requirement for the memcached cache plugin
+python-memcached
+
+# requirement for the redis cache plugin
+redis
+
+# requirement for the linode module
+linode-python  # APIv3
+linode_api4 ; python_version > '2.6'  # APIv4
+
+# requirement for the gitlab and github modules
+python-gitlab
+PyGithub
+httmock
+
+# requirement for maven_artifact module
+lxml < 4.3.0 ; python_version < '2.7' # lxml 4.3.0 and later require python 2.7 or later
+lxml ; python_version >= '2.7'
+semantic_version
+
+# requirement for datadog_downtime module
+datadog-api-client >= 1.0.0b3 ; python_version >= '3.6'
+
+# requirement for dnsimple module
+dnsimple >= 2 ; python_version >= '3.6'
+dataclasses ; python_version == '3.6'
+
+# requirement for the opentelemetry callback plugin
+# WARNING: these libraries rely on Protobuf for Python, which regularly stops installing.
+#          That's why they are disabled for now.
+# opentelemetry-api ; python_version >= '3.6' and python_version < '3.10'
+# opentelemetry-exporter-otlp ; python_version >= '3.6' and python_version < '3.10'
+# opentelemetry-sdk ; python_version >= '3.6' and python_version < '3.10'
+
+# requirement for the elastic callback plugin
+elastic-apm < 6.13.0 ; python_version == '3.6'
+elastic-apm ; python_version >= '3.7'
+pynacl >= 1.4.0, < 1.5.0; python_version >= '3.6'