Rookie mistake, I thought the group name had a # added to it by the website, but I think I subconsciously added a # when the prompt said "Tag" lolz. ooops. Nothing to see here, move along....

I am out of ideas. Using only CBA and Alive mods & Alive sample mission Insurgency (or others) I get constant error spam and the stuck in loading screen while joining mission effect. I have tried different mission names, different missions etc. It looks like maybe the database config file is getting lost (see log extract below).

Error message spam on the bulk load script after Alive startup:

12:23:20 ALiVE Global INIT
12:23:20 ALiVE Global Init Timer Started
12:23:20 ALiVE [m_0|30] Module ALiVE_sys_data INIT
12:23:21 ALIVE_SYS_DATA START PLUGIN: ["StartALiVE","OK","Performance Monitor: Disabled"]
12:23:21 DATA: Loading ALiVE config from database.
12:23:21 ALiVE-0 CONNECTED TO DATABASE OK
12:23:21 ALiVE-0 CONNECTED TO DATABASE AND PERFDATA IS ALLOWED
12:23:21 ALiVE-0 CONNECTED TO DATABASE, BUT AAR HAS BEEN TURNED OFF
12:23:21 DATA: Loading data dictionary dictionary_#DeadMansLand_InsurgencyALiVE03.
12:23:22 DATA: No data dictionary found, might be new mission
12:23:22 DATA: Starting stats system.
12:23:22 "Operation: Insurgency | ALiVE"
12:23:22 ALiVE [m_0|30] Module ALiVE_sys_data INIT COMPLETE TIME: 2.54401
12:23:22 ALiVE SYS_DATA - ASYNC WRITE LOOP STARTING
12:23:22 "perfMonitor.fsm started"
12:23:22 "perfMonitor.fsm init completed"
12:23:22 "perfMonitor.fsm started"
12:23:22 "perfMonitor.fsm message sent: [[""Type"",""Data""],[""FPS"",5704],[""FPSMIN"",984],[""CPS"",6],[""PLAYERS"",1],[""LOCAI"",3],[""REMAI"",0]]"
12:23:23 ALiVE [m_1|40] Module ALiVE_require INIT
12:23:23 ALiVE [m_2|41] Module ALiVE_sys_newsfeed INIT
12:23:23 ALiVE [m_2|41] Module ALiVE_sys_newsfeed INIT COMPLETE TIME: 0.000991821
12:23:23 ALiVE [m_3|42] Module ALiVE_sys_adminactions INIT
12:23:23 ALiVE [m_3|42] Module ALiVE_sys_adminactions INIT COMPLETE TIME: 0.00100708
12:23:23 ALiVE [m_4|43] Module ALiVE_SYS_spotrep INIT
12:23:23 DATA: Loading spot report data.
_indexRev set [count _index>
12:23:24 Error Undefined variable in expression: _tempindex
12:23:24 File x\alive\addons\sys_data_couchdb\fnc_bulkLoadData.sqf, line 60
12:23:24 Error in expression <pIndex select _foreachIndex];
} foreach _tempIndex;
...error repeats....

I see this weird entry in the AliveServer output is this (config file path duplicated):

[2016-11-18 12:23:22] [debug] >>> ParseMessage [ServerName]
[2016-11-18 12:23:22] [debug] Function: ServerName
[2016-11-18 12:23:22] [debug] Params:
[2016-11-18 12:23:22] [info] Config file: c:\games\108_61_104_53_2302\1164441\arma3\C:\games\108_61_104_53_2302\1164441\arma3\config
[2016-11-18 12:23:22] [error] ###### ServerName ######
[2016-11-18 12:23:22] [error] Error: Unable to open config file
[2016-11-18 12:23:22] [error] RAW: ServerName
[2016-11-18 12:23:22] [debug] Return value [['ServerName','ERROR','Unable to open config file']]
[2016-11-18 12:23:22] [debug] |/-\ Elapsed time: 0ms
...
[2016-11-18 12:23:23] [debug] >>> ParseMessage [SendJSON ['GET','sys_spotrep/#DeadMansLand_InsurgencyALiVE03','']]
[2016-11-18 12:23:23] [debug] Function: SendJSON
[2016-11-18 12:23:23] [debug] Params:
[2016-11-18 12:23:23] [debug] - [GET]
[2016-11-18 12:23:23] [debug] - [sys_spotrep/#DeadMansLand_InsurgencyALiVE03]
[2016-11-18 12:23:23] [debug] - []
[2016-11-18 12:23:23] [debug] Return value [['{"db_name":"sys_spotrep","doc_count":1201,"doc_del_count":175,"update_seq":3794,"purge_seq":0,"compact_running":false,"disk_size":11587697,"data_size":905707,"instance_start_time":"1476370940164316","disk_format_version":6,"committed_update_seq":3794}
']]

Pastebin:
AliveServerDLL: http://pastebin.com/q2Z6nZkw
Arma3Server: http://pastebin.com/nNDqWmZF

Help me Obi Wan you're my only hope!