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Ubuntu 16.04.5 comes with LXD 2.0.11 (Long Term Support, supported until year 2016+5=2021).
My beginner tutorials were written for LXD 2.0.x.
You need to install the lxd package and then make a decision as to where to store the containers.
You would need to arrange for some dedicated space (separate partition).