Ningún certificado TLS es permanente, pero algunos duran años. Depende del proveedor.
Certbot tiene post-hooks donde puedes correr scripts arbitrarios. Ahí puedes hacer cosas como convertir el certificado nuevo automágicamente
--post-hook POST_HOOK
Command to be run in a shell after attempting to
obtain/renew certificates. Unless --disable-hook-
validation is used, the command’s first word must be
the absolute pathname of an executable or one found
via the PATH environment variable. Can be used to
deploy renewed certificates, or to restart any servers
that were stopped by --pre-hook. This is only run if
an attempt was made to obtain/renew a certificate. If
multiple renewed certificates have identical post-
hooks, only one will be run. (default: None)