php - Laravel production image link

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I am uploading an image like this in Laravel 8:

public function upload(FileRequest $request)
    {
        $image = $request->file('file');

        $fileName = time().'.'.$image->getClientOriginalExtension();

        $image->storeAs('/public/images/', $fileName);

        return
        [
            'path' => asset('/public/images/'.$fileName)
        ];
    }

The image get uploaded with the following link: http://{my api url}/public/images/1615123445.JPG. My API is at api.citynfo.info address. It is stored on server in the api folder. The images got save in {my api folder}/storage/app/public/images folder.

But when I want to read this image in my React application, there is no image returned. On server i have 3 folders:

• app: there is my React app
• api: thats where is my Laravel public folder
• webApi: thats where my Laravel api is

My question is where and how to save image so I can link it in my React app.

thnx