So today I managed to get hold of Smegz0r the man behind the Botman irc bot for 7dtd. Not only did he help resolve the issues and setup the server settings for us, he shared a bunch of useful resources.
I can now at least admin well from Botman.
Some links that are useful for Admins. maybe players.
and the guide
if you want to join this server and have base protection+raiding protection+cheat ban + no china then please join the server on its 1st week. now
172.104.162.18:25000