# Description
This simplifies our OTEL setup by:
* Getting rid of some deprecated things.
* Using `autoexport` and letting things get configured by the `OTEL_` environment variables.
* Removing all the unnecessary config options.
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Reviewed-on: https://codeberg.org/superseriousbusiness/gotosocial/pulls/4110
Reviewed-by: tobi <kipvandenbos@noreply.codeberg.org>
Co-authored-by: Daenney <daenney@noreply.codeberg.org>
Co-committed-by: Daenney <daenney@noreply.codeberg.org>
* [feature] Add http trace exporter, drop Jaeger
Jaeger supports ingesting traces using the OpenTelemetry gRPC or HTTP
methods. The Jaeger project has deprecated the old jaeger transport.
* Add support for submitting traces over HTTP
* Drop support for the old Jaeger protocol
* Upgrade the trace libraries to v1.17
Fixes: #2176Fixes: #2179
