bhyve + ipv6

This is how to set assign IPv6 addresses to guest within bhyve on a server with one single network card, the trick to make this to work is to assign the/handle the IPs within the bridge in auto_linklocal mode.

The rc.conf file:

ifconfig_igb0="inet X.X.X.X netmask 255.255.255.XXX"
defaultrouter="X.X.X.X"
gateway_enable="YES"
ipv6_activate_all_interfaces="YES"
ipv6_defaultrouter="fe80::1%bridge0"
ipv6_gateway_enable="YES"
cloned_interfaces="bridge0 tap0"
autobridge_interfaces="bridge0"
autobridge_bridge0="tap* igb0"
ifconfig_bridge0="addm igb0 addm tap0 up description bhyve"
ifconfig_bridge0_ipv6="inet6 2a01:4f8:350:84ec::1 prefixlen 64 auto_linklocal"
rtadvd_enable="YES"
rtadvd_interfaces="bridge0"

The rtadvd.conf file:

bridge0:\
    :addr="2a01:4f8:350:84ec::":prefixlen#64:\
    :rdnss="2a01:4f8:350:84ec::1":\
    :dnssl="nbari.com":

By doing this, the bhyve guest VM's can ping the main host, and use local services like unbound for DNS resolution.

In the logs you will notice something like this:

bridge0: IPv6 addresses on igb0 have been removed before adding it as a member to prevent IPv6 address scope violation.

This can be avoided by using:

sysctl net.link.bridge.allow_llz_overlap=1

But will cause in terms that the guests may get an IP but not the router gateway.