refactor(log): replace panics with log fatal or log panic functions

[laurentiuNiculae]

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Which issue does this PR fix:
Closes #1686

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Codecov Report

Attention: 37 lines in your changes are missing coverage. Please review.

Comparison is base (83f287d) 91.87% compared to head (2869ccc) 92.01%.

Files	Patch %	Lines
pkg/storage/storage.go	63.63%	9 Missing and 3 partials ⚠️
pkg/cli/server/root.go	69.56%	7 Missing ⚠️
pkg/api/authn.go	80.00%	4 Missing ⚠️
pkg/cli/client/config_cmd.go	0.00%	3 Missing ⚠️
pkg/exporter/cli/cli.go	0.00%	3 Missing ⚠️
pkg/storage/cache/boltdb.go	89.65%	3 Missing ⚠️
pkg/cli/server/config_reloader.go	0.00%	2 Missing ⚠️
pkg/compliance/v1_0_0/check.go	0.00%	1 Missing ⚠️
pkg/storage/cache.go	90.00%	1 Missing ⚠️
pkg/storage/cache/dynamodb.go	92.30%	1 Missing ⚠️

Additional details and impacted files

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  Lines       28125    28206      +81     
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+ Hits        25840    25955     +115     
+ Misses       1687     1661      -26     
+ Partials      598      590       -8     

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