See if all required software (e.g. databases) are available, check list above
if not all you need is available, send and email to the server admin and explain what you need and why
A) Create a short installation instruction for your software (if it does not exist yet)
ideally this is an installation script that downloads the software from a repository, builds it and creates a deployable, readily configured application
clearly include the required users and passwords/logins
B) Create a deployable, readily configured application supporting the
for a webapp, this could be an SQL file for the database structure and a .war-file for the actual webapp
Make the script or the webapp available for download (e.g. attach it to wiki or a file hosting site)
Send email with ..
instructions to install your software to the server admin
a short text describing your project including a link to the project description page (wiki, blog, ...)
Manually by student
Do all steps of "manually by admin" but ask to do the installation yourself if you cannot automate the configuration or prepare a pre-configured image