Trying with apk?

.gitlab-ci.yml

-# services:
-#  - mysql:5.7
-
 # .gitlab-ci.yml
-image: 
-  name: docker/compose:1.24.1
-  entrypoint: ["/bin/sh", "-c"]
-
-variables:
-  DOCKER_HOST: "tcp://docker:2375/"
-  DOCKER_DRIVER: "overlay2"
-
+image: docker
 services:
-  - docker:dind
-
-before_script:
-  - docker version
-  - docker-compose version
-
-types:
-  - test
-
+  - docker:dind    
 build:
   script:
-    #- apt-get install py-pip python-dev # libffi-dev openssl-dev gcc libc-dev make
-    #- pip install docker-compose
-    - docker-compose down
-    - docker-compose build
-    - docker-compose up tester-image
+    - apk add --no-cache py-pip python-dev libffi-dev openssl-dev gcc libc-dev make
+    - pip install docker-compose
+    - docker-compose up -d
 
 
 # before_script: