fix: ensure exporter is created

[mcstover]

My theory here is that the check for the exporter type if failing with a js error b/c it wasn't set. Trying to fix the values the conditional is operating on first after which I'll also define a better default in flux.

Also wrapped the debug init in a flag I can set in flux if further debugging is needed...

[hobbsh]

What are you trying to accomplish?

[mcstover]

What are you trying to accomplish?

I don't think the UI traces are actually getting exported/activated from UI in development. I can see them fine using the console exporter locally, including trace ids on page request logs...

I was also able to see the actual exporter active in Tilt applying similar updates.

[hobbsh]

What are you trying to accomplish?

I don't think the UI traces are actually getting exported/activated from UI in development. I can see them fine using the console exporter locally, including trace ids on page request logs...

I was also able to see the actual exporter active in Tilt applying similar updates.

Ok I recall this logger being super verbose so it might not be a great idea to enable it in anything but local.

[hobbsh]

I think the problem could be the exporter type - it should be GRPC, as long as these are not originating from the client. If they are originating from the client, we'll need to setup a special otel ingress to receive them.

[mcstover]

This setup is only for server side to start with