With [C-lightning][1] you can connect your lightning node to a remote full node:

**~/.lightning/config**

    bitcoin-rpcconnect=<remote-ip>
    bitcoin-rpcport=<rpc-port>
    bitcoin-rpcuser=<rpc-user>
    bitcoin-rpcpassword=<rpc-password>
    alias=<alias>
    network=bitcoin

Then start the lightning application:

`$ lightningd --daemon`


  [1]: https://github.com/ElementsProject/lightning#getting-started