Fix "Current requires cgo or $USER set in environment" error

Closes #1756

Author: abelfodil

pkg/tracing/tracing.go

@@ -75,6 +75,7 @@ func NewTracerProvider(ctx context.Context, endpoint, caCert, name, namespace st
 			err = nil
 			provider = trace.NewNoopTracerProvider()
 		}
+
 		otel.SetTextMapPropagator(propagation.TraceContext{})
 		otel.SetTracerProvider(provider)
 		otel.SetErrorHandler(otel.ErrorHandlerFunc(func(err error) {
@@ -110,6 +111,12 @@ func NewTracerProvider(ctx context.Context, endpoint, caCert, name, namespace st
 		opts = append(opts, otlptracegrpc.WithInsecure())
 	}
 
+	if os.Getenv("USER") == "" {
+		if err := os.Setenv("USER", "descheduler"); err != nil {
+			klog.ErrorS(err, "failed to set USER environment variable")
+		}
+	}
+
 	client := otlptracegrpc.NewClient(opts...)
 
 	exporter, err := otlptrace.New(ctx, client)